From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 16 23:14:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA21624 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:14:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA21505 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:13:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA11420; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:13:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:13:55 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Gary Dunn cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD as router, terminal server In-Reply-To: <34E902AD.34ED@aloha.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Gary Dunn wrote: > I am developing alternatives for an ISP start-up. A typical ISP involves > a unix server, a router, and a terminal server. It seems to me that a > reasonably fast Pentium should be able to perform the routing and > terminal service, at least in the early stages of growth. > > Am I over-estimating performance? You'll outgrow that pretty quickly, servicing serial ports can eat CPU significantly. > What i/o boards support up to thirtytwo dial-in ports? DigiBoards and several others. > What kind of interface is available for the Internet side of the box, > the place where a router usually sits? That depends on what the ISP ordered and who they're connected to. This is often why you need a router (or bridge) -- to adapt the incoming line to whatever your internal network is using (probably Ethernet of somesort). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message