Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 21:47:46 -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.3.95.970505214501.1286F-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM> In-Reply-To: <199705060332.DAA01485@veda.is>
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On Tue, 6 May 1997, Adam David wrote: > > > In the meantime, I suppose a Linux box just to contain the ports and run > > > the driver, forwarding raw TCP/PPP datastreams to a FreeBSD box, might > > > just cut it. > > > > Wouldn't this create a bottleneck though? > > 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? > > I thought FreeBSD did support the Cyclades boards already? > > Y series, maximum speed 115.2kb/s each port. > Z series is a possible future driver. Linux and Windows drivers already exist. Never knew they had two different series. > > 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. 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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