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From: Dean Roth <dean@myp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Number of users
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 09:37:26 -0800
Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI
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To: Charles Casey <cbcasey@gnn.com>

Charles Casey wrote:
> 
> with a 120Mhz Pentium running BSDI how many SLIP/PPP users can you
> support.

There is no known limit because you connect the SLIP/PPP users to 
terminal servers, like an Annex or Livingston box, not to your host 
computer. You're not going to insist on using your host computer as a 
SLIP/PPP server, are you? 

Dean