> On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Nico De Ranter wrote: > > > Are those 10/100Mbit boards? Do you have any data on performance issues? > > I want > > to build a router with 10 10/100Mbit interfaces but I wonder whether a > > standard > > PCI motherboard can handle that amount of traffic > > > > Nico > > Yes, these are 10/100. I have done some testing with them and I can use > tcpspray from a machine on one net to a machine on another net saturating > two ports on the card at wire speed and still handle normal traffic on the > other two links. Note that this is with about 45 firewall rules in place.
Looks good. I just got a quote from a vendor for a hardware router (layer 3 switch) that solution will cost about 500000,- BEF ( +- 13000 US$ ). I guess I'll have no problem convincing my boss to go for Linux :-) Nico > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- -------------------------------------------------------- How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink? -------------------------------------------------------- Nico De Ranter Sony Service Center (SUPC-E/NSSE) Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
