tlug: Re: ELC as dial on demand router

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Fri, Nov 07, 1997 at 04:22:51PM +0900, Craig Oda wrote:

> Theme 2: Utilizing Sparc Hardware as an Independent Router
> How to take the motherboard out of the ELC, connect the
> motherboard to an independent power source, SCSI disk, and
> TA, use IP masquerading and use the Linux on Sparc system as
> a dial on demand router.    The idea for this theme is

The disadvantage is the 8530 serial chips used in the elderly Sun family are
well past their prime.  They have only a 4 character FIFO (compared to the
16 in your typical PC 16550).  I believe they are also limited to 38400
without hacking a separate clock.  I've been using Intel boxes (including
an elderly 20MHz 386) as my router and seem to get better performance than
when I tried my ELC in that role.

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