Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!TERMINUS.UMD.EDU!dzoey From: dzoey@TERMINUS.UMD.EDU Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: TCP/IP over modem (I need SERIOUS help here) Message-ID: <9103281829.AA11214@terminus.umd.edu> Date: 28 Mar 91 18:29:33 GMT References: <9103270832.aa15221@louie.udel.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 23 > From: Manjit Trehan > Does this mean, a PS/s with connections to a modem and ethernet could > act as a router using Phil Karn's (KA9Q) NOS (supporting SLIP), so I > could call the PS/2 from home and use FTP and TELNET and not have to > purchase any other equipment to accomplish this task? Absolutely. I know of several sites that use this setup or a simllar one using one of the commercial packages. This setup fails when you try and add more than two or three serial lines to the router. A couple of years ago, we took an old IBM AT (6 MHz) and set it up as a router for 2 ethernet cards, two token ring cards and two serial lines. It routed between the LAN cards well enough, but two active 9600 lines caused it to start missing interrupts. Today's machines may be able to handle the load though. There's a big difference between 25 and 6 MHz. So, yes, it's a nice, cheap solution. You start up the router when you leave the office and telnet in from home. Joe Herman U. of Maryland, DOSIP project dzoey@terminus.umd.edu