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From: hart@apanix.apana.org.au (Leigh Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD/NetBSD as terminalserver
Date: 25 Jan 1995 00:09:22 GMT
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laux@neutron.com (Thorsten Laux) writes:



>I am thinking about using NetBSD/FreeBSD as a terminalserver. Is BSD
>serial io stable enough to handle one or two 4-port cards using 16550s
>at 38400 bps? Is full hardware handshaking (rts/cts/cdc) availible
>(the faq says this is not so)? How much cpu power would be necessary?

>Could a 486/40 Mhz for example handle a AST 4-Port card at 38400 baud?

For interactive traffic, it could handle 4 such cards at least.  For
SLIP traffic, I wouldn't go above 16 ports per machine.

8MB ram is all you need also.

My opinion only, talking from personal experience :)

Cheers

Leigh
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