Re: Cheap Serial Multi-Port Recommendation for use with RH5

[Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Chris Tyler wrote:
> (The Computone system has nice hardware, but the drivers were flakey under UW,
> and are wildly unstable under Linux. That's my experience only, your milage may
> vary. I've stuck with Computone at several sites to this point but it's time to
> jump ship).

I have the same problem myself. The latest Computone drivers seem more
stable (I have them running at about 30 schools) but at 3 of those schools
they are still doing weird things. I think that certain hardware
configurations get them confused :-(. All of these schools are running
the same exact kernel and drivers module -- I made up a package with
2.0.33 and the Computone driver in it -- so I know it's not a different
kernel version or different driver version. 

> I see a number of serial solutions for Linux but have experience with none of
> the other vendors. I need an economical (this is a non-profit client),
> moderate-performance 8-port device that will support light users and printers
> up to 38.4kbps and perhaps in due course a modem or two at 57.6 or 115.2kbps

We have had very good experience with Cyclades Cyclom multi-port boards.
The only time one of them has gone bad is when the roof sprang a leak and
dumped several gallons of water into the monitor and floorplate :-). The
drivers are rock-solid and stable under all "stable" kernel versions.
Never a glitch. Never. 

Eric Lee Green   [EMAIL PROTECTED]          Executive Consultants
Systems Specialist               Educational Administration Solutions
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