[2342] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Internet Provider?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Curtis Hays)
Thu Apr 4 07:00:25 1996
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 09:55:31 -0700
From: Curtis Hays <hays@satcom.whit.org>
To: Luis Felipe Balbinot <HADES@lapro4.unisinos.tche.br>
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <1C23E00206@lapro4.unisinos.tche.br>
On Tue, 2 Apr 1996, Luis Felipe Balbinot wrote:
> Is that possible to make an Internet Provider on a P5 166Mhz with
> 32Mb and 4.3Gb SCSI-II HD using Linux? Can I set up 30 external lines
> (to users) that use SLIP/PPP at 28,800 ? I have a 2Mbps
> backbone to use.
>
> I'm afraid that this machine is not fast enough to handle 30 users at
> the same time using all the ttys...
>
> --
> cul8r,
>
Almost forgot, as far as setting up the serial ports for the modems, you
could use a cyclades card, which is supported in the Linux kernel. It
allows you to add up to two-hundred and something serial ports.
Curtis
