In reference to the "Cheap NAS" inquiry....

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

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> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Martes
> Wigglesworth
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 9:45 AM
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> Subject: In reference to the "Cheap NAS" inquiry....
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> I am researching the viability of constructing a Network Access Server
> using FreeBSD,

Martes,

  You will have a lot better luck buying a used US Robotics HyperARC or
some such to use as a terminal (modem) server.  These take a PRI which
allows you to serve 56K.

  If you only have need of a few ports, buy something like a
Perle 8331S Access server
http://www.perle.com/products/prod_family/access_servers/833_is.html

or a CommPlete 4000 server
http://www.multitech.com/PRODUCTS/Families/CommPlete4000/

which you can sometimes find used ones like here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1484&item=5740567438&
rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

These devices take ISDN BRIs and allow V.90 dialin to them.  And since
they have no moving parts they are much more robust than any PC solution.

Ted