From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 25 14:27:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA06565 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 14:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (root@agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA06525 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 14:27:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from noc.msc.edu by agora.rdrop.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #17) id m0v61Tv-00091xC; Wed, 25 Sep 96 14:26 PDT Received: from uc.msc.edu by noc.msc.edu (5.65/MSC/v3.0.1(920324)) id AA05197; Wed, 25 Sep 96 16:23:05 -0500 Received: from fergus-17.dialup.prtel.com by uc.msc.edu (5.65/MSC/v3.0z(901212)) id AA15295; Wed, 25 Sep 96 16:23:03 -0500 Received: (from alk@localhost) by compound.Think.COM (8.7.6/8.7.3) id QAA26745; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 16:24:48 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 16:24:48 -0500 (CDT) From: Tony Kimball Message-Id: <199609252124.QAA26745@compound.Think.COM> To: admin@multinet.net Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Ascend access switches? References: Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Quoth Graydon Hoare on Wed, 25 September: : Anyone used one of these ascend max 4000ex's? : My boss just handed me literature. they look a lot like the telebit mica : machines. I see lots of people discussing their portmasters -- anyone : tried anything else? PortMaster is a trademark of Livingston, a competitor to Ascend. There are PortMaster terminal servers (POTS/ISDN) and (integrated) routers. I have used neither, but will say that the word of mouth on Ascend products is much better than Livingston products, if you can stomach their licensing terms, which I cannot.