Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 14:23:20 -0700 (MST) From: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> To: John Kelly <jak@cetlink.net> 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: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980104142254.2126B-100000@dot.ishiboo.com> In-Reply-To: <34b1fe28.12562940@mail.cetlink.net>
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What getty are you using? Kevin > 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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