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From: jlewis@chem.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: PPP at 115200 bps (FreeBSD or Linux?) to a Xyplex MX1620?
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 06:39:39 GMT
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In article <379vb1$ksh@herald.indirect.com> wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) writes:

>: I have a spare 386/40 that I've been unable to sell, and am
>: considering turning it into a dedicated PPP router for my home
>: network.
>: Will FreeBSD (or NetBSD) run PPP at 115200 bps?  I'm under the
>: impression that Linux can't go over 38400, and I have a V.34 modem
>: (USR Courier).  (There IS a 16550 UART in the machine.)

I'm actually using my old 386sx-20 as a CSLIP server, FTP, SMTP, POP3, Gopher, 
and HTTP server running my own modified version of KA9Q NOS11c.  I've got USR 
Sportster 28.8's and run the server's port at 115200, and it handles things 
just fine.  After sorting out ethernet driver problems on the server, it no 
longer gets overruns.  It does have a 16550 UART.  I'm fairly sure it wouldn't 
be useful at 115200 without the 16 byte buffer.




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