On 3 May 98 08:55pm, Jeff Mcclain wrote to George Fliger:
-> It's pretty simple, really.  To create the Vmodem port, modify the
-> line in your CONFIG.SYS that loads SIO.SYS, adding something like the
-> following:
->
-> DEVICE=C:\SIO\SIO.SYS (COM2:115200,,,-) (COM3,INTERNET:3E8,NONE:4)
 JM> Yeah, I used Vmodem too, and it is pretty slick. But, the
 JM> original post had several Vmodem ports. If you are connected to
 JM> the internet 56k(example). That is your pipe. If you only had
 JM> one user it would fly, but the more users you add the more you
 JM> divide up the pipe. Performance would take a big dive. Now
 JM> factor in server lag time. This is something that will have to
 JM> be balanced out. The Ethernet solution would increase the pipe
 JM> and the performance, but increase your expense of running the
 JM> system. You would need a T1 and a router. Not a inexpensive
 JM> investment.
While this is true I don't think the concept of Vmodem was to become an
Internet HUB. :)  I would think that anyone wanting to provide multiple
links to the internet through their BBS via Vmodem has already
considered doing a router and T1 setup as you've described and are
probably running a CRP system to recover those costs.
George
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