Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 20:10:23 +0100 (MET) From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@knobel.gun.de> To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: hm@altona.hamburg.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960128200156.246B-100000@knobel.gun.de> In-Reply-To: <199601271740.MAA07892@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.
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