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From: beardsl@mepsi.mobil.com (Reginald Beardsley)
Subject: Re: [386BSD] as a router
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Does anyone have significant experience with using 386BSD as the basis for
a dedicated SLIP/PPP to Ethernet gateway?  Is it reliable?

The power where I live has been unstable as of late (ie. goes down several 
times a week)  I have been contemplating setting up a dedicated 386 box
as a gateway machine with an internal battery pack to isolate it from the
electric company.  That way I can leave the Sun's down when I'm not using
them, and at the same time have a constantly accessible node for e-mail
and automated ftp retrieval.

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Reginald H. Beardsley
beardsl@dal.mobil.com
(214)-851-8547