[H-GEN] how many modems

[Rob Kearey]

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Christopher Biggs wrote:

> Finding enough IRQs is the only problem. I know of linux installations
> with over 256 modems per machine.

[Not internal modems, surely?

Though I can see how a 6 PCI slot linux box with 6 dedicated modem cards
(say, each with a PRI) would be cheaper than a Cisco 5300 or somesuch at
retail pricing. 

Actually, such a beast would be a dream machine for ISP's - far better
than waiting three months for Bay/Nortel to come up with patches (or
even admit problems, doncherknow).

> Cheapo dumb multiport cards aren't very expensive.   Alternatively,
> buy a dedicated access server instead of a whole machine.

I've got a couple of old Stallion cards lying in my Box-O-Bits at home.
I might just have to start my own ISP - I wonder if pissweak.net.au is
taken ...

> cjb

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