Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 15:46:28 +0200 (MET DST) From: sos@FreeBSD.org To: stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua (Andrew V. Stesin) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.org, stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua, michaelv@HeadCandy.com, cofer@www.cas.unt.edu, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, Kevin_Swanson@blacksmith.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server Message-ID: <199607031346.PAA14526@ra.dkuug.dk> In-Reply-To: <199607031328.QAA02893@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> from "Andrew V. Stesin" at Jul 3, 96 04:28:08 pm
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In reply to Andrew V. Stesin who wrote:
>
> We have several MOXA C104+ (4 ports) and C128+ (8 ports)
> boards now, theyr'e with 16550 chips and are Ok with
> all channels at 57600, up to 16 channels per 486 box;
> FreeBSD performs flawlessly, no overloads or overruns.
> (Thanks to Bruce Evans and sio.c hackers!)
>
> So I should certainly add:
> simultaneous speed of 115200 on _all_ ports is required
> too -- otherwise, will I gain something better from this
> "smart" boards than I'm getting now from good old FIFOs?
Well, the reason I don't run the ONBoards faster is that they are
quite old, and cannot be programmed higher (I guess that was pretty
cool with 38400 in 1988 :). I belive some of their newer products
can handle 115200 if not more...
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Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
So much code to hack -- so little time.
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