>>> Essentially, I'd like a board with at *least* 6 PCI-X slots, and perhaps >>> 8 RAM slots (if I can find justification that my router will work better >>> with up to 16GB of memory). > > Why would you go with PCI-X? it's slow and getting end-of life.. > > go for PCI-Express. > there are quad PCI-E gigabit cards available. > Much lower packet latency.
As per my last email to Sten and the list... I'm not a hardware person. PCI-E, PCI-X, I don't know the difference. It was assumed that others would understand what I wanted and be able to make recommendations to me, and correct me on my terminology. All I do know is that there is something more than ISA slots, and 386's now ;) My request wasn't for clarification on motherboard technicalities, it was essentially a request on a recommendation for a hardware/software platform based on FreeBSD, that could possibly replace a Cisco 7206-VXR based on the NPE-G2 processing engine (or equivalent). Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
