Re: Upgrading Memory in Portmaster!
Russ Pagenkopf (russ@optim.ism.net)
Thu, 21 Sep 1995 11:30:40 -0600 (MDT)
On Thu, 21 Sep 1995, Brian 'MegaZone' Bikowicz wrote:
> Once upon a time Kevin M Lynn shaped the electrons to say...
> >But this is something I've been wondering as well.. can a portmaster
> >support all 30 lines running ppp and ftp'ing files at the same time
> >without any slowdowns or running out of memory?
>
> 30 ports at 115.2 sustained, any slowdown is negligible. If you have a
> 2eR and you are pushing the WAN port too, then you may start to notice a
> slowdown across the board. But for most users it is unnoticible.
Ah, but is this due to memory or the 386/40 processor? And what's gonna
happen with the ISDN adaptor? Is the speed of the machine or memory going
to be a problem then?
Russ Pagenkopf (406) 542-0838 Internet Services Montana (ism.net)
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