From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 26 05:57:21 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC42416A4CE for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:57:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from home.irrelevant.org (dsl-217-155-238-246.zen.co.uk [217.155.238.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1042343FAF for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:57:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from simond@irrelevant.org) Received: from [62.244.179.195] (helo=[192.168.195.58]) by home.irrelevant.org with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD 4.9) id 1AP0AQ-000KsC-52; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:57:18 +0000 From: Simon Dick To: Wm Brian McCane In-Reply-To: <20031125120037.V26497-100000@fw.mccons.net> References: <20031125120037.V26497-100000@fw.mccons.net> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1069854998.681.1.camel@laptop.irrelevant.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:56:39 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiport Serial X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:57:21 -0000 On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 18:08, Wm Brian McCane wrote: > Greetings, > This might no longer be a good place to ask this since so few of > us actually use modems anymore, but... > > I am wondering which of the multiple serial port cards is best > supported/maintained in FreeBSD. I am also concerned with > expandability... > > A customer with a server running about 20 dumb terminals plus some PCs on > a network, wants to put a box in a satellite office to run 4 or 5 > terminals and a printer. They also would like a new report system and we > are looking at setting up a box with about 32 modems hanging off it's > backside for faxing and dumping directly to onsite modem/buffer/printer > units. > > So: > support for 8 upto 32 ports > well maintained driver > capable of sending 32 simultaneous 19200 or faster faxes > Not too worried about the price Not sure if this works under FreeBSD or not (the chipset does, it's the 8 port part that apparently hasn't been tested), but easysync.co.uk do a USB -> up to 8 serial port units which may be worth looking into