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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!en.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.vader.org!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a router Date: 29 Apr 1996 17:22:53 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4m2qct$94@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4lfm8j$kn3@nuscc.nus.sg> <317CAABE.7DE14518@FreeBSD.org> <4lt098$erq@itchy.serv.net> <Pine.SUN.3.90.960427140735.3161C-100000@tulip.cs.odu.edu> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jamie Bowden (bowden@cs.odu.edu) wrote: : On 27 Apr 1996, Sean T. Lamont wrote: : > On a related note, does anyone know of the existence of an HSSI card : > for the PC, with or without a FreeBSD driver for it? If I could get : > t3 speeds without a cisco 7000, I would be $50,000 happier. :) : The classic failing of unix boxes as a router is that the max throughput : is about 2mbit...it's a limit of the os...this is not just a freebsd : thing...we have tested this in SunOS4.1.x, and Solaris 2.x, and have had : communications with others who have tried with other platforms (free and : proprietary). 2mbit seems to be about the limit. : Jamie Bowden : ODU CS Systems : I have my finger on the pulse of the planet. I've had 800k/sec from a DX4/100 w/ no-name PCI NIC running OS/2 Warp Connect to a DX/33 w/ Trust ISA NIC using cheapnet. This means 2.4mbits by my calculations, and my hardware is crap ! -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....