Subj : Synchro question
To   : Opcom
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Aug 04 2002 02:42 am

  Re: Synchro question
  By: Opcom to All on Fri Aug 02 2002 07:51 pm

 > I've got a CUBIX system with 6 separate pentiums installed in it. Each one i
 > separate PC itself, that is a computer wth HDD, VGA, etc.. and each has an
 > ethernet connection. If this is strange, check out:
 > 
 > http://www.cubix.com/support/techinfo/system/ers2/ers2.htm.
 > 
 > Here's the real question: Can I use this entire box, using the ethernet
 > connections to link them all, so that they act as one BBS, and use only one 
 > address for the BBS? Of course I would be using a hub or switch to connect
 > systems via the ethernet. I did see mention of connecting them via serial po
 > but these don't have easily accessible serial ports.

You'd have to have all the PCs connected to a hub or switch that supported load
balancing and network address/port translation to distribute the traffic amoung
the separate PCs (or just use a set of hostnames for your BBS).

                                                 digital man

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