Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:31:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Steve <steve@edmweb.com>, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some advice needed. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970411112757.11771O-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM> In-Reply-To: <19970411032131.61820@hydrogen.nike.efn.org>
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On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > actually.. talk to the telco.. I have heard of phone lines from out of > local calling area being delievered locally over a T1 line... of course > this will cost more than the actually phone lines.. but it saves the cost > of office space and location... Office Space and location isn't the problem since this won't cost us anything. > > > FreeBSD has all of the necessary software needed to function as a > > > terminal server. Hardware and connectivity are the only other tech > > > issues to worry about. Business issues (marketing, accounting, etc) are > > > also important. > > > > What is the maximum modems a multi-port serial card can handle and > > how many can you put into a box? > > well there are many different brands... Comtrol, Stallion, Cyclades, and > RISCom all make boards that have drivers for FreeBSD... Stallion has a PCI > card supporting 64 ports off one card... with something like this smart > board it's more or of a question of how much cpu power you put under the > hood on the number of ports you can support... I always thought RICom was more of a High Speed Serial Card to make a FreeBSD box a router or something. > I run a mini terminal server (it's even diskless) and it's a 486/33dx > w/ a couple AST compatible boards... works great... I've hacked mgetty > to pieces to support various functions... but as Danny said.. the > default getty now supports autoppp detection... That's good to know, how much did a box like hat cost you? > hope it goes well... I've thought about starting a local isp too... one > that actually provides good service to the more enlighted *grin*... but > startup capital is my problem... How much startup capital are we talking about? I can see you're in Oregon so competition shouldn't be that bad there. > hope it goes well for your friend... ttyll Thanks. 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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