liemandt@lindy.stanford.edu (Joe Liemandt) (11/01/90)
I need to add a bunch of modems to my next to support dial-in users. What do I need to do? What is the max that the NeXT can support? Thanks, Joe Liemandt liemandt@lindy.stanford.edu
stan@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Stan Osborne) (11/01/90)
In article <1990Nov1.073012.29302@portia.Stanford.EDU> liemandt@lindy.stanford.edu (Joe Liemandt) writes: >I need to add a bunch of modems to my next to support dial-in users. >What do I need to do? What is the max that the NeXT can support? > Give serious consideration to buying a TCP/IP terminal server that supports "telnet" connections over an ethernet. There are advantages to this, besides lots of users on one NeXT system. It becomes possible for dial-in users to connect with any system in the network. Most telnet servers also support multiple sessions simultaneously. Many of our NeXTs on Campus are used by students for class work that does not require access to the console (program development, MacLayers, etc.). Students dial-in from home to the Campus telnet server and then connect with the Unix (or NeXT, etc.) system with their account. As a result some of our NeXT systems have been observed with 8 or 9 active users. This telnet support also makes it possible for local users to dial-in and then connect with any of the accounts they have anywhere on the Internet. (eg. Knowledgeable people in San Francisco can make a local call to access a guest account in Hamilton, New Zealand, at the University of Waikato.) Even if you currently have only one system that is not connect with any network, a telnet server is still the way to do this (lots of dial-in). You start out with dial-up support for one machine. As soon as you get additional machines and expand the local network, these new machines have dial-up access the moment they are connected with the local network. Here at SFSU the CS Department buys computer systems and connects them to the building LAN. The University Network Support group maintains a pool of terminal servers (and modems) that are a "University" resource shared by everyone. General purpose computer systems with lots of serial ports are a thing of the past. Terminal servers are here to stay. Stan -- Stan Osborne, Computer Science Department, San Francisco State University Internet: stan@cs.sfsu.edu Usenet: cshub!stan Voice: (415) 338-2168
dennisg@kgw2.bwi.WEC.COM (Dennis Glatting) (11/03/90)
i bought and installed terminal servers. cmc TransServer cisco (don't remember the type. it is the same hardware, YES the same hardware, as the cmc. -- ..!uunet!kgw2!dennisg | Dennis P. Glatting dennisg@kgw2.bwi.WEC.COM | X2NeXT developer