[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc] ka9q routing

fff@mplex.UUCP (Fred Fierling) (09/27/90)

Is it possible to have more than two 9600 baud SLIP lines running off a ka9q
box consisting of:

  - 8 MHz IBM AT 
  - wd8013 ethernet adapter
  - 16550 UART SLIP lines

It seems to me that some sort of smart serial card is in order.  Has anyone
done this with any success?  Where did you get the drivers?
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skl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam) (09/27/90)

In article <12@mplex.UUCP>, fff@mplex.UUCP (Fred Fierling) wrote:
>Is it possible to have more than two 9600 baud SLIP lines running off a ka9q
>box ...

If have more dumb serial ports which can be configured to use unique
interrupt levels other than IRQ3 and IRQ4, you could just load the SLIP
packet drivers a few more times, once for each of the ports.

Some limiting factors are:  the number of free IRQ levels, the number
of free packet driver INT's, the amount of free CPU cycles, and the
amount of free memory.

...Sam
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