by Alan Bro » Tue, 25 Apr 1995 04:00:00
OK, this has to be one of the dumber questions on linux PPP...
How can I get > 16 PPP and/or SLIP sessions running on the same box?
On a related note, does anyone have any URLs on Cyclades info?
I have found it impossible to get technical specs on these legendary
animals locally. (Can I fit several units in one machine for instance?
Will Linux support that sort of use, or am I better off buying a Cisco
or Ace term server?)
by Mark Buckaw » Mon, 01 May 1995 04:00:00
>OK, this has to be one of the dumber questions on linux PPP...
>How can I get > 16 PPP and/or SLIP sessions running on the same box?
>On a related note, does anyone have any URLs on Cyclades info?
>I have found it impossible to get technical specs on these legendary
>animals locally. (Can I fit several units in one machine for instance?
>Will Linux support that sort of use, or am I better off buying a Cisco
>or Ace term server?)
Methinks if you intend to offer any type of service for accessing the net
or your machine, you are most likely better to use some kind of terminal server.
I happen to like the Livingston Portmaster. If your intention is to provide 16
ports and no more, then by all means use the card solution, otherwise you'll
either run out of slots or overtax your system.
The benefits of using a terminal server are it handles the serial control and
if you set it up PPP/SLIP logins which can mean PPP/SLIP logins never touch
your Linux system (and hence no load is encountered). A card solution requires
pppd to run (or whatever for SLIP).
My two cents.
Mark
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1. Probably a dumb question regarding syslog
Just perusing the syslogd(ADM) man page in OSR5, and it gives the
general format of an /etc/syslog.conf entry as
selector action
where, it says, "Selectors are lists of priority specifiers separated
by *commas*" (emphasis added), then gives as an example
priority[;priority ...]
showing a semi-colon, not a comma, then further goes on to describe a
priority specifier as a list of one or more facilities separated by
commas, and a priority level, to wit:
facility[,facility].level
mercifully getting that right, which of course does not explain the
format of the default /etc/syslog.conf file shipped with OSR5:
*.info,*.debug /usr/adm/syslog (huh? comma, not ";")
local0.notice /var/adm/syslog
Have I missed something, or being just too pedantic?
rday
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