Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 23:03:51 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: "Christopher D. Cofer" <cofer@www.cas.unt.edu> Cc: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, Kevin Swanson <Kevin_Swanson@blacksmith.com>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server Message-ID: <199607030603.XAA10791@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 28 Jun 96 13:46:11 -0500. <Pine.BSF.3.91.960628133619.26866B-100000@www.cas.unt.edu>
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>On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Michael Smith wrote:
>> Kevin Swanson stands accused of saying:
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>> > I've seen that some people have have used Digi PC/8 boards for this
>> >type of thing? Digi also has "intelligent" models (PC/Xe, PC/Xr,
>> >PC/Xem) that have a front-end processor and don't require an interrupt
>> >on the computer? Has anybody gotten these "intelligent" boards to work
>> >with freebsd 2.1?
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>> Of course, but any "intelligent" serial board will conflict with your
>> "save some money" requirement; the cost per port is over double that
>> of a "dumb" card, and in your case it's not warranted.
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>The question remains... Does FreeBSD work with "intelligent" digboard
>cards. I have a machine that I would like to route between ppp and
>local net. I choose Linux to do so, since at the time all I could find
>about BSD and digiboard PC/Xe was that it was not possible. If this has
>changed, would someone please point me to the correct information about
>setting this up. I am getting tired of messing with Linux.
Digiboard isn't the only company that makes multiport cards. I think
I've seen posts alluding to Digiboard support, but that's as much as I
know about Digiboard.
Cyclades makes quite decent eight and sixteen port cards.
If you already spent a bunch of money on Digiboards, well... good
luck. :-) If you can buy a Cyclades to try it out, go for it -- I
*know* they work, because I am running one on FreeBSD right now.
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