Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!csn!boulder!daemon From: ccci!tcs@uunet.UU.NET (Terry Slattery) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco Subject: Re: SLIP on STS-10X terminal servers Message-ID: <34228@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Date: 16 Apr 91 18:27:21 GMT Sender: daemon@boulder.Colorado.EDU Lines: 10 >While some TS vendors advertise the ability to operate all lines at >max speed in both directions concurrently, what this generally means >is that they are vastly over-engineered for the normal operating point >of a terminal server... For a terminal server, yes. But for a SLIP (or PPP) communications server, they are much closer to what is needed, particularly if you are running X over the link. -tcs