From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 23 06:50:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA13228 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 May 1996 06:50:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA13223 for ; Thu, 23 May 1996 06:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id XAA09030; Thu, 23 May 1996 23:34:47 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605231404.XAA09030@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Remote dial-in/dial-out solutions?? To: CombsSF@salem.ge.com Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 23:34:47 +0930 (CST) Cc: troy.curtiss@merix.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Stephen F. Combs" at May 23, 96 08:03:31 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Stephen F. Combs stands accused of saying: > > We use an Annex R4000 server here. Works JUST FINE! The latest release > of the Annex S/W (10.1) even understands the RFC 1323 and RFC 1644 > extensions (release 9.x didn't!). I've got about 300 accounts with more > being added daily. We handle PPP, SLIP and IPX (encapsulated within PPP). There's a local ISP here with one of these units; about 90 dialins and several thousand regular customers. Generally, they love it, but the OS appears to be fairly laggy, and flow control and throughput becomes an issue. Sometimes they've had it do weird things with their modems too, but on the whole it appears to be fairly reliable. > Stephen F. Combs Internet: CombsSF@Salem.GE.COM -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[