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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!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!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: 18 Nov 1996 08:43:35 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <56q3nn$m69@cynic.portal.ca> References: <56cfhc$h8b@access5.digex.net> <56mi1l$6pa@nntp1.best.com> <56o21s$6ad@cynic.portal.ca> <56p0d1$gp5@nntp1.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:50582 comp.protocols.ppp:15946 comp.unix.questions:91494 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:31222 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4891 In article <56p0d1$gp5@nntp1.best.com>, Matt Dillon <dillon@flea.best.net> wrote: > > But the actual software is not all that complicated. > You don't even need to implement a TCP stack, just the PPP protocol > on the serial port end, standard ethernet on the ethernet end, and > real trivial routing to support dyamic PPP. static IP is harder... but > still not a huge deal. So you think people are going to buy a box that doesn't support any remote management via telnet and SNMP, doesn't support any routing protocols, doesn't support routing full networks, doesn't support passthrough TCP/telnet/rlogin connnections, and doesn't support Radius? This certainly doesn't describe any terminal server I've seen in the past couple of years. 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.