Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:56:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some advice needed. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970410205341.11771Z-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970410210238.00b5d100@sentex.net>
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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Mike Tancsa wrote: > If you are looking to have more than 24 lines or so, go with a dedicated > terminal server. Have a look at something like the Livingston PortMaster > 3. (www.livingston.com).. Dont bother going with an analog system-- get a > PRI right from the start. Users will want dialup 56K eventually, and if > you want to do that, you will need a totally digital solution on your end > in order to support it.. Also, this way, you can support a mix of dialup > analog and dialup ISDN right away.... Even if this is not the case, its > MUCH easier to administer a dedicated terminal server than a UNIX box with > serial cards. Use the UNIX box for things like shell access, DNS, mail > httpd etc... Hmmm, the only problem I see with this is that the startup costs would be a lot higher if he went with a Livingston Portsmaster or even a Xylogics Annex-3 terminal server. But the unix box will only be a terminal server and also a router using a ET Serial card and probably will have a telnet program just so people can use their shell account on another box without using ppp. Cheers, Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____]
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