Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 20:05:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.toronto.edu> To: "Jacob M. Parnas" <jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9606282029.B9017-0100000@zoo.toronto.edu> In-Reply-To: <199606281741.NAA04008@jparnas.cybercom.net>
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> I'm confused. I thought the 16550 was good up to 115,200 baud, but when
> ISDN eventually takes over with compression, ~512kbaud will be the norm.
> I don't know if they can handle that...
Why bother trying to make them handle it? Ethernet is a much nicer way
to connect to high-speed networks (or even not-so-high-speed ones like
ISDN), given that there has to be an interface gadget of some kind between
you and the network anyway. UARTs are for low speeds.
Henry Spencer
henry@zoo.toronto.edu
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