On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Jean-Michel Dault wrote:
>
> A PortMaster 3 is an integrated digital access server. It contains 48
> digital V.90 modems.
*drool*
> You feed it with ethernet, modems are connected to the telephone company
> using two 24-channel T1s.
yep more *drool*
> 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.
48*7.5?
> 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 ;)
Now if only i could get the T1's on a 30day trial
> 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.
> >
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