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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!mr.net!news.idt.net!feed1.news.erols.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Best Unix for SLIP/PPP Server- Best Reliability/Cost? Date: 17 Nov 1996 13:56:40 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <56o1mo$66k@cynic.portal.ca> References: <56cfhc$h8b@access5.digex.net> <56lbop$egq@nntp1.best.com> <56m28s$jpb@cynic.portal.ca> <56mh4j$671@nntp1.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:50541 comp.protocols.ppp:15928 comp.unix.questions:91434 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:31172 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4880 In article <56mh4j$671@nntp1.best.com>, Matt Dillon <dillon@flea.best.net> wrote: > > Let me get this straight.. you believe that since there is a FIFO > involved that the only way to get the data out is by polling ? No. Perhaps you should read my posts. > Leave the hardware explanations to hardware engineers... you obviously > aren't one. No, I'm not. On the other hand, I've not seen any explanation from you, other than cries of `he's wrong.' Feel free to explain, in as much detail as you like, what the most sensible way to run several hundred serial ports on one machine is. Or just keep moaning about how wrong I am without making any useful contribution to the discussion at all. I don't really care much either way. cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.