From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Oct 16 10:59:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA20909 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:59:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA20901 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:59:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id KAA14070; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:59:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA04786; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:54:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199610161754.KAA04786@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Nate Williams cc: Chris Peltier , "'freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: pppd reliability In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 16 Oct 96 10:49:38 -0600. <199610161649.KAA11620@rocky.mt.sri.com> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:53:33 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [...] >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. FWIW, the Startech chips work very well. Boca uses a lot of these. However, if you get a Boca card, make sure it's a version with full serial ports (all the modem control lines), and not one of the few they produced for terminal use only (limited control lines). >[ I know nothing about ISDN since we don't have it in Montana. :( ] Well, we have it in Seattle, but I can't afford the extortionist rates U. S. West wants for it. Now ADSL looks really cool... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------