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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.iij.ad.jp!news.CET.CO.JP!usenet From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> 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: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 16:50:35 +0900 Organization: CET Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3292B84B.3A71@cet.co.jp> References: <56cfhc$h8b@access5.digex.net> <56igd8$if@anorak.coverform.lan> <56le6q$2c6@panix2.panix.com> <56m2q9$k1c@cynic.portal.ca> <56mi1l$6pa@nntp1.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: chaos.cet.co.jp Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; UNIX_SV 4.2MP i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:50657 comp.protocols.ppp:15969 comp.unix.questions:91620 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:31302 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4902 Matt Dillon wrote: > > In general, the only reason multi-port turnkey (black box) solutions > are more expensive then PC solutions is that it's a seller's market. > It actually costs a whole lot less to make a black box with a whole > slew of serial ports and an ethernet interface then it is to run them > on a PC. I've heard of people doing 80+ serial ports using DigiBoards in a PC, but is anyone doing much more than that, assuming a PPP only box? Digi claims that the DigiBoard EPC can handle 14 x 16-port concentrators per card which means 224 ports per card. Regards, Mike Hancock