Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 14:38:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Kevin Swanson <Kevin_Swanson@BLaCKSMITH.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960628143531.1057C-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <9606281800.AA05807@BLaCKSMITH.com>
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On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Kevin Swanson wrote: > I was told by Digi that their "dumb" 8-port boards (PC/8), could only go up > to 19.2 KBps if you used 16550's. This doesn't sound right based on some of > the responses I've been getting. I've been using it at 38.4KBps, but I haven't been exercising all the ports of my 8 port card. I still think that's a low value for the 16550s, I think the limiting value would be the ISA bus and the efficiency of the sio driver in reading the UARTS, not the hardware. > > Someone mentioned using a Cyclades-8 port serial card at 115.2 KBps. Is that > with 16550's? > > Thanks for all of the responses. > > Kevin Swanson > > Kevin_Swanson@BLaCKSMITH.com > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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