Re: [linux-usb] Re: USB device allocation
Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl)
7 Oct 1999 14:39:46 +0200
In article <cistron.19991007084257.A16281@dss4>,
Steffen Grunewald <steffen@gfz-potsdam.de> wrote:
>On Wed 1999-10-06 (18:12), Riley Williams wrote:
>> Hi Johannes.
>>
>> > There's other problems like you can theoretically have 500 USB
>> > mice connected to a PC (over multiple USB busses).
>>
>> Replace 'mice' with 'modems' in that, and one has just turned one's PC
>> into an ISP with a decent chance of connecting to it...
>
>Well, unless the PC is an 8xAthlon system, you will have a decent chance
>to get a connect, but won't get any further. So what gives ?
You must be kidding. 3 years ago we ran 60 serial ports on a 486/50
connected to 33k6 modems, all of them doing PPP. Performance was
fine. Nowadays with smart serial ports and a Pentium II I think
you can serve a few hundred ports easily.
Mike.
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