Re: Multiple IP's on One port

Gary N. McKinney (gmckinney@megabits.net)
Tue, 8 Oct 1996 17:08:23 -0400

> From: Brian Lofurno <brian@dplus.net>
> To: portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: Multiple IP's on One port
> Date: Tuesday, October 08, 1996 3:48 PM
>
> I have a customer, he wants me to route him 15 IP's
> through his 28.8 connection on my pm2e. I know
> that I can do this, but are there any performance
> con's to this? Will this have a significant
> negitive effect on the rest of my dial in users on
> this pm2e.
>
> This particular user plans on running a HTTP
> server, FTP server, Mail server, and internet
> access from each desktop.
>
> Any comments are most welcome.
>

Brian ... Yes, it can be done ( but WHY! ). If your customer has 15
machines connected at his end ( or 5 machines with 3 http virtual domains -
or whatever ) and all of the machines are trying to transfer data over a
28.8k pipe - DUCK!!!

I think your customer is not going to be happy with the "speed" of the
connection! Case in point - setup a 28.8k connection then fire up 10 ftp
operations at the same time and look at the transfer rates ... Just imagine
the FTP sessions are now Mail Server, FTP Server, HTTP Server and you will
get the idea. His best bet would be to just bite the bullet and sign-up
for several lines at 28.8k ( by the way - have you seen a HTTP server
connected at 28.8k, kind of makes ya want to cry ).

Of course, as always, The above is strictly my opinion since my laptop
spell-checker will disavow any knowledge of this message <Grin>..

Later ... GM