Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 05:38:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM (Vincent Poy) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISP Terminal Server Remote Site Requirements Message-ID: <199705060538.FAA01652@veda.is> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970505214501.1286F-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM> from Vincent Poy at "May 5, 97 09:47:46 pm"
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> > At 100Mb/s on a dedicated segment... > > > > How many ports at what load would saturate it? Dialup traffic is typically > > still bursty, and you can get full duplex at 100Mb/s. If I'm going to run > > Linux in a server context, I'd prefer it to be barebones/blackbox in as > > isolated an environment as possible (i.e. a port engine, nothing more). > > What I meant from reading what you wrote was would the data > be going from the modem into the linux box then the freebsd machine then > the router? It would add another hop at a few milliseconds extra delay, one of the costs of using unsupported fast hardware. ;) Yes, if the linux stuff isn't streamlined enough, it might be a bit of a bottleneck at a lower loading level than expected. > > > What about for a terminal server such as a Xyglogics or Livingston > > > that needs radius authetication from a FreeBSD host? Would that work? > > > > Of course it would work, but those terminal servers cannot be reused to run > > FreeBSD later. :) > > 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. -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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