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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!col.hp.com!sony!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!news.fujitsu.com!amdahl.com!netcomsv!uucp3.netcom.com!davsys.com!news.irbs.com!jc From: jc@news.irbs.com (John Capo) Subject: Re: Internet Providing using FreeBSD 2.0.5 Organization: IRBS Engineering Message-ID: <DD1q81.Mqn.1.irb@news.irbs.com> References: <408i4l$fjl@ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 13:45:37 GMT Lines: 23 In article <408i4l$fjl@ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu>, Loren Koss <loren@beauty.ucsb.edu> wrote: >I would like to use 2.0.5 as a server for internet dialup servicde. What >kind of hardware do I need? I would like 10 lines. I assume I need some >sort of modem pool. How does that connect to a serial port? Does >FreeBSD support this? Or do I need a separate server for every 2 lines? > Vist http://amazing.cinenet.net/faq.html for a reality check. After reading that document you may want to get into the ISP business. If all you want to provide are shell acccounts, a multi-port serial card will work. If you intend to offer PPP access you really need to use a terminal server. You can do dial-up PPP accounts on a *nix box but its painful and does not scale at all. Take a look at http://www.livingston.com for starters. There are at least a dozen companies that make terminal servers. John Capo IRBS Engineering