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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.exodus.net!aimnet.com!news2.aimnet.com!dial-cup3-22.iway.aimnet.com!Banzai From: Banzai@AimNet.com (Jeffrey L. Kaneko) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: MultiportSerialCard on FreeBSD2.1 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 17:05:45 Organization: Wavetek Corporation Lines: 30 Distribution: world Message-ID: <Banzai.50.00111908@AimNet.com> References: <ISHIDA.96Feb4170756@lax.mis.konan-u.ac.jp> <DMMvqL.8JB@news.zippo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-cup3-22.iway.aimnet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Dave: Could you use such a terminal server to control (from the host) multiple serial peripherals? I'm thinking about such a scheme for some ATE I want to build. Thanks, banzai banzai@aimnet.com p.s. you should put your full e-mail address in you posting! -- jlk In article <DMMvqL.8JB@news.zippo.com> David Clark <bigdave> writes: >I faced a similar task of locating multiple serial ports for my FreeBSD system>and came across the Chase Research IOLAN terminal server. It has and continues>to offload significant overhead associated with protocol conversion for dialup>users (ie. PPP/SLIP/CSLIP). >The cost of the terminal server is about 1250 if you shop around carefully - >but the suggested list is about 2195. The server connects to your system via >BNC ethernet (or DB15 AUI) connector. You may gets lots of replies on what >multiport serial card to use. This solution seems best for us.