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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:13184 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2355 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bronze.coil.com!bronze.coil.com!not-for-mail From: hware@bronze.coil.com (Henry Ware) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Can linux do this, or should I use FreeBSD? Date: 20 Apr 1994 05:01:35 -0400 Organization: Central Ohio Internet Link Lines: 27 Message-ID: <2p2r1f$o77@bronze.coil.com> References: <2ok90m$h5f@altitude.HIP.CAM.ORG> <JY3PLmK.dysonj@delphi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coil.com Summary: 16 serial ports on a PC? In article <JY3PLmK.dysonj@delphi.com>, John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com> wrote: >Daniel Gelinas <gelinas@CAM.ORG> writes: > >>I wish to set up a public access internet link with Linux. I would probably >>go up to 8 dial-ins(eventually more), and I would provide ftp,telnet,irc, >>slip-ppp, and e-mail capabilities. > >FreeBSD can *easily* handle these things. Also there are FreeBSD systems >T1 connected, and slip connected and everything in-between. How would 8 or 16 serial ports work on ISA bus FreeBSD/Linux? Do device drivers exist for the multiport serial hardware for these OSs? Or am I missing something basic? Thanks for any info, or pointers to info; please, no general FreeBSD/Linux flames. BTW: mightn't the original poster be better off using a used/clone Sparc station? (Assuming he hasn't purchased hardware yet.) Or is the price/ performace ratio in the PC's favor (given a decent OS)? -Henry -- That does it! I'm putting me back in my kill file.