Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 01:49:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM> To: Adam David <adam@veda.is> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISP Terminal Server Remote Site Requirements Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970507014731.1087K-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM> In-Reply-To: <199705060538.FAA01652@veda.is>
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On Tue, 6 May 1997, Adam David wrote: > It would add another hop at a few milliseconds extra delay, one of the costs > of using unsupported fast hardware. ;) I guess it's just like going through another hop or something in a route. > Yes, if the linux stuff isn't streamlined enough, it might be a bit of a > bottleneck at a lower loading level than expected. I wouldn't be surprised at all since FreeBSD's networking really sparkles. :) > > That's true but UUNet has this radius service which is what MSN is > > using. When you dialup, it actually uses UUNet's resources except it > > verifies the login and password so all traffic wouldn't even go through > > your own network at all. > > It goes through your outer loop, right? What about proxies and local stuff? > Oh, you are talking about setting up a remote POP to the world serviced by > your headquarters? You run the radius server and other remote partners run > the clients and provide PPP access? The boundaries are somewhat different > then I'd say. It's actually the later but what I can't figure out is why do we need a dedicated T1 to that provider in addition to our own providers to do radius authentication? 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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