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From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz)
Subject: Re: Livingston Portmaster
References: <457a1m$8s9@slate.cyg.net> <459tkl$g6v@tzlink.j51.com> <45d2ek$gd8@alpha.delta.edu> <45et12$mt5@news.hal-pc.org>
Organization: Mordor International
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 03:56:45 GMT
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Jeff Hupp (jhupp@gensys.com) wrote:
: plbuschm@alpha.delta.edu (Peter Lynn Buschman) wrote:

: :Louis Epstein (lepslog@j51.com) wrote:
: :: Eugene Grant (egrant@cyg.net) wrote:
: :: : Anyone using a Livingston Portmaster on FreeBSD
: :: 
: :: My current provider is using a Portmaster and planning to switch to FreeBSD;
: :: I'm starting an ISP and will use FreeBSD and probably a Portmaster.
: :: 
: :A provider I am going to work for will be using a Livingston Portmaster
: :coupled with FreeBSD Pentium servers.

: 	I have two PM2E-30s due in Thursday.  We'll be working this weekend to
: get them up and if I don't get to many no! don't! responces to this
: I'll let the group know how it goes (after I get some sleep.)


What's the big deal?  They are terminal servers.  That means they
take serial input and feed the host tcp/ip packets.  If it is a terminal
server that does any half decent job, then it should work fine.

Chris

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