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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!news-peer.gsl.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.icm.edu.pl!ict.pwr.wroc.pl!news.miracle.net!newsfeed.randomc.com!news.randomc.com!news From: bdrye@ra1.randomc.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Help! Need Multiport Advice Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 21:37:13 -0400 Organization: Random Access Inc. +1 (800) 910-1190 Lines: 32 Message-ID: <33727FC9.41C6@ra1.randomc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm-atl6-port14.randomc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; SCO_SV 3.2 i386) CC: bdrye@mail.randomc.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40601 I'm building a modem server for an office intranet, and will the office isdn connection on this server also. I have evaluated SCO, Linux, NT (Cough), and FreeBSD and really tend to prefer FreeBSD for a number of reasons. (ie PRICE, open architecture, availability of programs, Docs in 'C' ) I need to run 230.4K Serial for the isdn connection as this is the Hardware already allocated for this task. A router would be preferable, but not an option. I already have and know Digiboard PC X/em will do 230.4k but is it supported under FreeBSD? Digiboard ftp site reports FreeBSD has support in 2.2 and above, but I can find no specific info anywhere. If not the Digi, then what is the best, most economical (8-port or less) FreeBSD supported serial Multi-port solution. Also, previously my company has used SOCKS for multiple pc connectivity but in digging through FreeBSD, i read of masquerading as a function of the PPP daemon, while implemented differently, do they perform the similar function? Also, is there any provision for filtering incoming packets as done by SOCKS? Any advice on the above would be most helpful. Thanks, D. Barrett Drye bdrye@mail.randomc.com