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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!cs.umd.edu!ejr From: ejr@cs.umd.edu (Evan Rosser) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.1G - SLIP performance problems Date: 29 Apr 1994 20:52:07 GMT Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 29 Distribution: world Message-ID: <EJR.94Apr29165208@elan.cs.umd.edu> References: <2pqst6$g4s@opine.cs.umass.edu> <1994Apr29.190226.26996@cs.wm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: elan.cs.umd.edu In-reply-to: adrian@mo.cs.wm.edu's message of Fri, 29 Apr 1994 19:02:26 GMT In article <1994Apr29.190226.26996@cs.wm.edu> adrian@mo.cs.wm.edu (Adrian Filipi-Martin) writes: >In article <2pqst6$g4s@opine.cs.umass.edu>, doyle@merlot.cs.umass.edu (Jim Doyle) writes: >|> >|> * The PCRouter is an 8MHz 8088 with a 16550A UART and a 3com 503 >|> Ethernet board running Vance Morrison's PCRoute software. > >Is the software for PCRouter available on the net? I have an XT that I'd >like to try this with, if possible. > >thanks, > Adrian It's copyrighted, but for universities and non-profits, it's available for free from ftp.acns.nwu.edu. There are restrictions on distribution of modified versions. I don't know about availability for individuals and companies, but contact information is available in the same place. The program is very bare-bones (no remote configuration, only RIP for routing, only supports a few cards, some of which are no longer made) but works well. It does ethernet or slip. It's written entirely in 8086 assembly, if you can believe it. At one of my previous schools, they had an un-air conditioned closet full of monitorless, keyboardless, one-floppy 8Mhz PCs routing for half the campus. Evan Rosser ejr@cs.umd.edu