Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 05:27:27 -0200 From: Ricardo AG Almeida <ricardag@ag.com.br> To: efinley@castlenet.com Cc: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: which ppp to use? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980111052725.009793d0@ptero.ag.com.br>
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>>>If I plan on having up to 200 simultaneous ppp dialins on a single >>>box, which ppp would be better? pppd or user ppp? >> >>Neither one, because that airplane will not fly. >> >>32 ports per box, or perhaps 64 with the right stuff, hardware wise. >>You will need more than one box. > >What is the limiting factor? Memory? Cpu power? what? > >My box is a Pentium II 233, with 64MB ram.... How much processing >power and memory does a portmaster have? If I need more memory I'll >just put more memory in it... So what IS the limiting factor? Supposing that you set up several 16-port serial boards, you will need 13 free slots to get your box running... []'s, Ricardo AG Almeida AG SISTEMAS (http://www.ag.com.br)
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