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Date:      Sun, 04 Jan 1998 21:34:46 GMT
From:      jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly)
To:        Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>
Cc:        "Stephen D. Spencer" <lists@artorius.sunflower.com>, Lukas Wunner <lukas@design.de>, lem <lem@cantv.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [fbsd-isp] Designing for a very large ISP
Message-ID:  <34b1fe28.12562940@mail.cetlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980104113307.542B-100000@dot.ishiboo.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.980104113307.542B-100000@dot.ishiboo.com>

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On Sun, 4 Jan 1998 11:45:02 -0700 (MST), Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>
wrote:

>The things I would not recommend using a PC for are as a Router (and/or 
>CSU/DSU), or as a terminal server. Get a nice Cisco router and use 
>Livingston terminal servers. For large scales, PC serial-based boards 
>will give you headaches.

I'm doing some simple testing to see if FreeBSD is feasible as a
terminal server.  My first test of 2.2.5-stable, using only two ports
simultaneously, indicates there is considerable  efficiency loss due
to transmit underruns.  Next I'm going back to 2.2.2-release which
reputedly performed better, and I'll try the same test on a different
box to rule out hardware contributing to the problem.

John





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