From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 27 09:51:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA19518 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 09:51:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA19506 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 09:51:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from ppp-082.etinc.com (ppp-082.etinc.com [204.141.95.142]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA07907 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 12:50:29 -0500 Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 12:50:29 -0500 Message-Id: <199601271750.MAA07907@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: hackers@freebsd.org From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >dennis stands accused of saying: >> >> >> >I've heard about bugs and problems with different driver.....but not much >> >positive feedback. What is the "product of choice" for doing multi-port >> >async dial-in with Freebsd....as of the moment? >> Might I infer from the fact that no-one seems to have a (positive) opinion about >> this that FreeBSD is a particularly bad choice for this and Linux should be >> recommended? > >More that this is a really stupid list to be asking this question of. >You should be asking in -questions or -isp. Personally, right now I'd be >recommending the Stallion cards, as we have vendor support for them and >they're available world-wide. How many ports do you want? I disagree...this is a development list...if there are bugs in the drivers or they just dont work then its an issue on this list. I find it bone-chilling that the selection criteria for a vendor is based on their willingness to give away information on their boards, as vendors of poor commercial products are usually the most anxious to have "somebody...anybody!" use their product. db ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX