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From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: pppd and fifo overrun?
Date: 24 Jul 1996 17:49:10 -0700
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In article <31F634B3.68E9@stokely.com>,
Celeste Stokely  <celeste@stokely.com> wrote:

>The Sparc 1+ cpu is having trouble with the interrupts generated by the cpu
>serial ports on this 38400bps connection, and can't keep up.

It's actually not so much the CPU as poor serial port design. My Sun 3/60,
which is less than half the speed of that Sparc 1+, routes a 38,400 PPP
connection just fine. If you can find an old 3/60 to dedicate to routing,
that might be the better option.

cjs
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