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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
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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.