Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 03:20:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@obiwan.aceonline.com.au> Cc: Steve <steve@edmweb.com>, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some advice needed. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970414031911.27997X-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970413205736.356B-100000@obiwan.aceonline.com.au>
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On Sun, 13 Apr 1997, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > What is the maximum modems a multi-port serial card can handle and > > how many can you put into a box? > > I might be a tad late but... Late is better than never =) > I've seen people put 256 lines in a single UNIX terminal server. > They used 4 64-port Stallion cards (EC/64) .. it worked, kinda. > It KILLED the ISA bus (the guy actually fixed it by some nice tweaking of > the BIOS parameters and some source hacking) but from memory he only puts > three EC/64 cards per machine now (giving you 192 ports per box). Hmmm, do these Stallion cards cost less than the Cyclades per port and how does the reliability and the speed compare? Does putting in 3 cards still require some tweaking and source hacking? Cheers, Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____]
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