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From: pimin@diac.com (Paul Newhouse)
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: 27 Nov 1996 07:36:59 GMT
Organization: Rockhead Enterprises
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>Well, I can't see any reason you couldn't make these intelligent
>serial boards just a bit more intelligent and teach them about SLIP
>and PPP framing. Then for ports you know you're running SLIP or
>PPP on, you delay the copy until you've got a full packet available
>in the silo.
Now you are talking something like a Livingston PortMaster.
Paul
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