Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 18:58:08 GMT From: efinley@castlenet.com (Elliot Finley) To: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q: which ppp to use? Message-ID: <34b7c3db.1173108@castlenet.com> In-Reply-To: <34b8cbd5.968492@mail.cetlink.net> References: <34bd281e.113348308@castlenet.com> <34b8cbd5.968492@mail.cetlink.net>
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On Sat, 10 Jan 1998 19:33:11 GMT, you wrote: >On Sat, 10 Jan 1998 07:51:56 GMT, efinley@castlenet.com (Elliot >Finley) wrote: > >>If I plan on having up to 200 simultaneous ppp dialins on a single >>box, which ppp would be better? pppd or user ppp? > >Neither one, because that airplane will not fly. > >32 ports per box, or perhaps 64 with the right stuff, hardware wise. >You will need more than one box. > What is the limiting factor? Memory? Cpu power? what? My box is a Pentium II 233, with 64MB ram.... How much processing power and memory does a portmaster have? If I need more memory I'll just put more memory in it... So what IS the limiting factor?
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