From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Oct 16 09:49:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA14469 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 09:49:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA14463 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 09:49:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA11620; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:49:38 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:49:38 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199610161649.KAA11620@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams To: Chris Peltier Cc: "'freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: pppd reliability In-Reply-To: <96Oct16.082411edt.6151@netgate.iectech.com> References: <96Oct16.082411edt.6151@netgate.iectech.com> Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Does anybody have any experience using pppd to run > dedicated 115K ppp links (ISDN application) on > 2.1.0 release. Yes, but I wasn't using IDSN. > My main concern is reliability and > CPU loading experiences. I am considering 16550 > UART based boards and the Cyclades products. I've got a 486/66 box that was previously running 3 lines at 115K full-blast w/out a hiccup. It's down to two b/c we upgraded our link to a 56K frame relay line. > The router platform is Pentium 100-133Mhz. It may > coexist with T1 frame links. I have solid T1 frame reliability > without system crashes. Would I jepordize this situation > by adding serial based ppp links? Not in my opinion. Make sure you get 'real' 16550s, and not some of the clone versions that don't work well. I got some ISA cards at Fry's that were a bit spendy for serial cards, but they have worked very well in my server box. [ I know nothing about ISDN since we don't have it in Montana. :( ] Nate