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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:13650 comp.protocols.ppp:6125 comp.os.linux.help:58429 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news.duke.edu!eff!wariat.org!malgudi.oar.net!mercury.wright.edu!desire!wittenberg.edu!mandrews Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.os.linux.help Subject: PPP at 115200 bps (FreeBSD or Linux?) to a Xyplex MX1620? Message-ID: <1994Oct6.153307.1@wittenberg.edu> From: mandrews@wittenberg.edu (Mike Andrews, Comp Ctr) Date: 6 Oct 94 15:33:07 -0400 Organization: Wittenberg University, Springfield OH Nntp-Posting-Host: wittenberg.edu Lines: 28 I have a spare 386/40 that I've been unable to sell, and am considering turning it into a dedicated PPP router for my home network. My big question: Will FreeBSD (or NetBSD) run PPP at 115200 bps? I'm under the impression that Linux can't go over 38400, and I have a V.34 modem (USR Courier). (There IS a 16550 UART in the machine.) My smaller questions: If so, am I going to be able to cram all the binaries and a decent size swap onto an 80 meg drive? (swap's going to be the problem, since this is a 4 meg machine. I can upgrade if I have to, but as I was going to sell this machine anyway, I'd rather not. :-) I know Linux will fit. Also, anyone had any luck running PPP on EITHER *BSD or Linux dialing into a Xyplex terminal server? When I tried on Linux a month or so ago, it sort-of worked for half an hour, then something happened and the terminal server crashed HARD (forgot its parameters!). It's probably wrong to blame this on my end of the link, but it's still unnerving. Thanks much... -- Mike Andrews -- mandrews@wittenberg.edu -- root@fragile.termfrost.org (NeXTmail) "This guy's pretty bizarre, Gus." -- Primus