Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 15:33:24 -0400 From: "Jacob M. Parnas" <jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Kevin Swanson <Kevin_Swanson@blacksmith.com>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server Message-ID: <199606281933.PAA04484@jparnas.cybercom.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 28 Jun 1996 14:38:23 EDT. <Pine.OSF.3.91.960628143531.1057C-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu>
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In message <Pine.OSF.3.91.960628143531.1057C-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu>you write: >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. These days, a multiboard should at least do 115200baud in my opinion. At least it can be competitive with modems. 8x115200baud is still only 1/8 MB/sec and 16x115200 is only 1/4 MByte/sec. Not exactly fast. Jacob
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