From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 2 23:04:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA07214 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 23:04:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@[199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA07207 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 23:04:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA10791; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 23:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199607030603.XAA10791@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Christopher D. Cofer" cc: Michael Smith , Kevin Swanson , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 28 Jun 96 13:46:11 -0500. Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 23:03:51 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Michael Smith wrote: >> Kevin Swanson stands accused of saying: > >> > I've seen that some people have have used Digi PC/8 boards for this >> >type of thing? Digi also has "intelligent" models (PC/Xe, PC/Xr, >> >PC/Xem) that have a front-end processor and don't require an interrupt >> >on the computer? Has anybody gotten these "intelligent" boards to work >> >with freebsd 2.1? >> >> Of course, but any "intelligent" serial board will conflict with your >> "save some money" requirement; the cost per port is over double that >> of a "dumb" card, and in your case it's not warranted. > >The question remains... Does FreeBSD work with "intelligent" digboard >cards. I have a machine that I would like to route between ppp and >local net. I choose Linux to do so, since at the time all I could find >about BSD and digiboard PC/Xe was that it was not possible. If this has >changed, would someone please point me to the correct information about >setting this up. I am getting tired of messing with Linux. Digiboard isn't the only company that makes multiport cards. I think I've seen posts alluding to Digiboard support, but that's as much as I know about Digiboard. Cyclades makes quite decent eight and sixteen port cards. If you already spent a bunch of money on Digiboards, well... good luck. :-) If you can buy a Cyclades to try it out, go for it -- I *know* they work, because I am running one on FreeBSD right now. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------