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From: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
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: 18 Nov 1996 06:42:56 GMT
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:In article <328FA7E5.446B9B3D@whistle.com>,
:Julian Elischer  <julian@whistle.com> wrote:
:>Brian Somers wrote:
:>> 
:>
:>> 
:>> It would be better to have something like a terminal server translating your
:>> traffic to something more "expandable" like network traffic.
:>> 
:>
:>at the price of old 386 machines 
:>
:>it would be a better idea to set up 
:>a separate box for each 16 ports or so, and run them off
:>a special
:>"terminal server" floppy ,
:>maybe with a memory filesystem as is done on teh boot floppy.
:>
:>I'm sure you could make the following configuration work just fine:
:>
:>16 ports of SIO
:>4 MB ram
:>1 floppy
:>1 ethernet card
:>1 ancient 386(sx?) machine
:>
:>you could stack these infinitly to get a very expandable solution..
:>
:>the 16 ports of IO would be the most expensive part
:>
:>julian

   This would work, but it's a very space-intensive solution.  At this
   point, a 486 is probably the minimum you'd want to get.  A pentium
   would probably be better because you could put five times the number
   of serial ports in the box for not too much more money.

					-Matt