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Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!van-bc!n1van.istar!van.istar!west.istar!strat.enernet.com!cuugnet!cyberdex!bug From: bug@cyberdex.cuug.ab.ca (Trever Miller) Subject: Re: Best Unix for SLIP/PPP Server- Best Reliability/Cost? Followup-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: Cyberdex Systems Message-ID: <E15Lxq.H2J@cyberdex.cuug.ab.ca> References: <56cfhc$h8b@access5.digex.net> <328FA7E5.446B9B3D@whistle.com> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 05:29:50 GMT Lines: 17 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:50669 comp.protocols.ppp:15972 comp.unix.questions:91643 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:31310 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4903 Julian Elischer (julian@whistle.com) wrote: : at the price of old 386 machines : it would be a better idea to set up : a separate box for each 16 ports or so, and run them off : a special : "terminal server" floppy , : maybe with a memory filesystem as is done on teh boot floppy. I think Telebit's already thought of this. What do you think Netblazer's are? -- bug@cyberdex.cuug.ab.ca Keeper of the Alberta B5 Mailing List System Mangler babylon5-request@cyberdex.cuug.ab.ca "The stupider it looks, the more important it probably is." -- J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs