Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 12:27:09 -0700 From: "Scott Overholser (Volt Computer) (Exchange)" <a-scotov@exchange.microsoft.com> To: "'Kevin Swanson'" <Kevin_Swanson@BLaCKSMITH.com> Cc: "'freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server Message-ID: <c=US%a=_%p=Microsoft%l=DABONE-960627192709Z-2129@feyuri.microsoft.com>
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perhaps you should send this to the freebsd-isp list as well. i don't know if a 486/33 will have the horsepower to run 8 ports simultaneously. if 115kbps isn't important on all of them it may be okay. 15mb will probably be fine but it seems a little light. cyclades makes boards that run great under freebsd. the newer ones may require a freebsd-stable system rather than 2.1.0-release. i purchased one a year ago that works fine. i purchased another two months ago that doesn't work at all (crashes the system when it gets a call). i haven't had a chance to look into the problem with the newer card other than to run cyclade's cyctest.exe dos program that tests the card (and it tested ok). i've heard that the cyclades driver has been shaped up quite a bit in -stable. scotto p.s. i've not had good luck with intel etherexpress cards and freebsd (or linux or netbsd for that matter). >---------- >From: Kevin Swanson[SMTP:Kevin_Swanson@BLaCKSMITH.com] >Sent: Thursday, June 27, 1996 11:47 AM >To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org >Subject: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server > >I am looking into building a dialup server running freebsd 2.1, that will >allow users ppp access into an ethernet network of unix machines. > >The server has the following configuration: > > L-486 Series System Board > 33 MHz Intel 486DX2 CPU > 15 MB RAM > 2 full size EISA slots, 1 half-size ISA > Onboard IDE controller > Internal IDE Drive - Western Digital AC31600 (1549.4 MB) > Intel EtherExpress 16 ISA Card > >The modems I plan to use are US Robotics v.34 modems with v.32 bis. > >I want to add an ISA multiport serial card to this server and hang up to 8 >serial devices from it. Can you buy a multiport card that has different speed >limits on each port? For example, I'd like to have maybe four high-speed >connections up to 115.2KBps for user connections, two ports that go to 57.6 >KBps max and 2 ports that are only 9600 baud. > >Basically, I'm going to be hanging some serial devices from this that I don't >need a fast connection for. If I want some ports to go up to 115.2, do they >all have to? I'm looking to save some money if possible. > >I've seen that some people have have used Digi PC/8 boards for this type of >thing? Digi also has "intelligent" models (PC/Xe, PC/Xr, PC/Xem) that have a >front-end processor and don't require an interrupt on the computer? Has >anybody gotten these "intelligent" boards to work with freebsd 2.1? > >Any suggestions on what board to go with would be appreciated. I'm not just >interested in Digi. I'm looking for basically any board that can go >high-speed and work with freebsd 2.1. > >Kevin Swanson > >Kevin_Swanson@BLaCKSMITH.com > > >
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