Re: Multi-link card

Kevin Ingram ( (no email) )
Sat, 9 May 1998 07:20:29 -0500

I have a total of 52 lines coming into NT RRAS servers authenticating from
RadiusNT with no problems, if you don't need the extra accounting and
features of devices like PM's. All our multiport cards are currently
Cyclades, we use some ISA and some PCI versions of their Y-series with
standard analog modems.

www.cyclades.com has their info.

Kevin Ingram

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas C Kinnen <tkinnen@usacomputers.net>
To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com <ntisp@emerald.iea.com>
Date: Saturday, May 09, 1998 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: Multi-link card

>>We want to extend our plat-form to allow more user dialin in the same time
>>by adding more phone lines.
>>And we want to implement a RAS server in NT server to receive dialin
>demand.
>
>
>Personally I do not recommend RAS for dial in if over 4 or 5 lines. For
>less then the price of a qualty computer that can handle the load you can
>pick up a used Lucent/Livingston PortMaster 2 or 25. It would do a much
>better job, be able to handle more ports, allow lings like packet filters,
>RIP, OPFS, Subnet routing, much better accounting. You can even use NT's
>users database for passwords and user names if you use their RadiusNT
(Free)
>and AFAIK IEA's RadiusNT also supports it. IF you want to be able to offer
>both ISDN and 56K access then you can get a PM3. A more expensice route
but
>no external modem headaches.
>
>Just my $.02 worth.
>
>Tom
>
>
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