Re: New to Open BSD

[Aernoudt Bottemanne <aernoudt@wanadoo.nl>]

>
>   > If you can spare the extra money, just buy an external 
>   > (RS-232) ISDN modem. This works with about any OS you 
>   > can find that supports dial-up, including OpenBSD. It also 
>   > eats up less CPU time. :)
>
>   I would doubt that it eats less CPU time. Also you will have
>   problems with channel-bundling and compression because
>   the serial line can't keep up (lets say 512bps peak). A
>   solution might be USB.

If you connect a modem or isdn-modem to the serial port, it is easier for the 
installation, however: every character that passes causes an interrupt. This 
means that a pci modem or isdn adapter uses WAY less system resources !

Aernoudt

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Aernoudt Bottemanne 

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