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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:13735 comp.protocols.ppp:6178 comp.os.linux.help:59174 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!indirect.com!wes From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.os.linux.help Subject: Re: PPP at 115200 bps (FreeBSD or Linux?) to a Xyplex MX1620? Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.os.linux.help Date: 9 Oct 1994 23:45:37 GMT Organization: Internet Direct, Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <379vb1$ksh@herald.indirect.com> References: <1994Oct6.153307.1@wittenberg.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bud.indirect.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Mike Andrews, Comp Ctr (mandrews@wittenberg.edu) wrote: : 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. : 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.) Sure. I've played with PPP hard-wired at 115K, it worked OK. I'm on a V.FC 28.8 modem line here, with the port speed set to 115200 just in case the modem (and I) get lucky. ;^) : 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. Well, if you're going to use the machine *only* as a router, you really don't need *all* of the binaries. Plus, you can keep the swap space small if you're not planning to use it multi-user, say, 8Mb swap partition or so. I've got an old Everex Step 386/20 around here, with an 4Mb RAM and an 80Mb MFM drive, that I am planning to do this with. Buy a $40 NE2000 clone, stick my V.FC 28.8 modem in it, and call it "router." Plus install a firewall and some monitoring tools, just 'cause it sounds good. Wes Peters