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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:13686 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2401 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!pitt.edu!carlyle From: carlyle@cislabs.pitt.edu (Carlyle George) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Can linux do this, or should I use FreeBSD? Message-ID: <21474@blue.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 29 Apr 94 18:03:30 GMT References: <2ok90m$h5f@altitude.HIP.CAM.ORG> <JY3PLmK.dysonj@delphi.com> <2p2r1f$o77@bronze.coil.com> Sender: news+@pitt.edu Reply-To: carlyle@gl.pitt.edu Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc Organization: University of Pittsburgh Lines: 27 > >Daniel Gelinas <gelinas@CAM.ORG> writes: > > > >>I wish to set up a public access internet link with Linux. I would probably > >>go up to 8 dial-ins(eventually more), and I would provide ftp,telnet,irc, > >>slip-ppp, and e-mail capabilities. > How would 8 or 16 serial ports work on ISA bus FreeBSD/Linux? Do > device drivers exist for the multiport serial hardware for these OSs? Or > am I missing something basic? > It can be done. Modems do not have to be directly connected to a computer. You can connect the modems to server ports. Example: a DEC-server 700 with SLIP configured on each port. At the same time the server will be on ethernet. - Carlyle