From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 28 12:18:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA06263 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:18:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nexus6.source.net (nexus6.source.net [206.100.10.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA06200; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:17:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rh@alpine.net) Received: from nexus6.source.net (nexus6.source.net [206.100.10.4]) by nexus6.source.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA00663; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:19:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:19:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Hodges X-Sender: rh@nexus6.source.net To: Jason McKay cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice Needed, Stallion??? In-Reply-To: <000001bd72ba$999c9020$70a019cb@jason.webace.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Jason McKay wrote: > We wish to run up to 64 modems under FreeBSD, we are thinking about buying a > Pentium 300, 128megs of RAM, 4 Gigs HD with a Stallion EasyConnect (with 64 > ports). > > Is this a good idea, or a waste of money? I would get a pair of Livingston PM230 terminal servers instead. They would cost about $950 each (or so), but they would be a lot less trouble and clutter. In my opinion. > Any advice, views etc. would be appreciated. You can put the RADIUS server on your server, and authenticate for any number of terminal servers. It might be somewhat more awkward to scale up the modems-on-server approach. FWIW :-) All the best, -Richard -------------------------------------------- Richard Hodges | (702) 332-3200 Alpine / SourceNet | 200 South Virginia St. rh@alpine.net | Suite 460 finger for pgp key | Reno, NV 89501 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message