Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:33:12 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@knobel.gun.de> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards Message-ID: <199601291633.LAA11966@etinc.com>
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>On Sat, 27 Jan 1996, dennis wrote: >> This scenario is frightening to me....although I think that you've answered my >> question......Its the final straw I think in making FreeBSD >> marketable...obviously >> the AST solution is unacceptable for a real ISP....I wonder why the cyclades >> board >> needs mgetty.....whats the major diff between getty and mgetty? > >Dennis, a real ISP buys a fine Terminal Server to handle several >Modem lines. Something like a Livingston Portmaster isn't too >expensive for a real ISP. > >Many Modem lines produce many Interrupts. Outsource this job to >another piece of hardware as an Terminal server. Let FreeBSD be >a good server machine for www an such. a good multiport card offloads the interrupts and produces block streams of data. Thats why I asked the question. A "real" isp might use a portmaster....but many non-isps would like to provide a small number of modem lines for corporate dial-in. Its a big selling point for the O/S. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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