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From: mharrop@interlog.com (Matt Harrop)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Sync Serial cards/routing
Date: 16 May 1994 10:28:54 -0400
Organization: Interlog Internet Services
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Hello all,
  I run a small public access net provider, and some of my clients are
asking about the cheapest way to route a dial-up or leased line connection
into an ethernet.  At my location I use BSDI's commercial BSD/386, and I
used to use it as a router (moving up to dedicated routers).  I assume
that it would be easy to use [386/Net/Free]BSD to route from a dial-up
SLIP or PPP to an ethernet.  Do any of the BSD's support a sync serial
card like the RISCom N1?  If so, a cheap 386 box should be able to route
from a 56K leased line to an ethernet.  Quite a bit cheaper then a cisco :)

Cheers,
-- 
Matt Harrop                                     mharrop@interlog.com
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