A PortMaster 3 is an integrated digital access server. It contains 48
digital V.90 modems.
You feed it with ethernet, modems are connected to the telephone company
using two 24-channel T1s.
People dial in, the PortMaster3 communicates with the Linux server to
authenticate the user using a (free) software called Radius. When people
are authenticated, they surf the internet and it doesn't put any load on
the Linux server, except for web and mail.
You can get more info on http://www.livingston.com/isp
I don't know about the sale price, since I lease this stuff. You can get
it for $7.50 per modem per port.
By the way, you can get a free 30-day trial of this baby. Try before you
buy. They ship it to you, you test it, if you like it, they bill you, if
you're not satisfied send it back. I haven't heard of anyone sending them
back tough ;)
Jean-Michel Dault
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> The problem is that the person doing this already has teh hardware that he
> want's me to use. It's good stuff but he doesn't have any more to spend on the
> hardware.
>
> So I'm left with a few options. I can install linux on his boxes and
> get them running or I can try to install something else. I'm not realy
> familiar with anything but linux so i've got try and hash it out.
> By the way what exactly is a Lucent PortMaster 3 and how much does one cost.
>
