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Date: 18 Jan 1997 17:34:00 +0100
From: mschmidt@me-tech.PFM-Mainz.de (Michael Schmidt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
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Subject: Re: Running several networking cards in one system?
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In article <5bojtl$hoq@nike.volvo.se>
peter@cyklop.volvo.se (peter hakanson)
wrote to /comp/unix/bsd/misc
> J Wunsch (j@ida.interface-business.de) wrote:
> : mschmidt@me-tech.PFM-Mainz.de (Michael Schmidt) wrote:
> : > Well, meanwhile I have heard of networking cards with several ports
> : > on each card. Putting several of these cards in a system then you
> : > should have more than what I have been asking for...
[...snipped...]
>
> : If you're looking into increasing throughput, it's probably better to
> : switch to 100 Mbit/s Ethernet, or to FDDI.
[...snipped...]
> The load balancing could (anyone surpriced ?) easily be
> done with real (aka cisco) routers.
>
> Is'nt this discussion a litte out of track now ?
It has drifted off only partially. This load balancing stuff has been only
one point and the less important one of two points regarding the subject.
The other one, without going into details, is independent of load balancing
and is a special reason to have several IP numbers in one computer.
The fact that it's possible to install and to drive several networking cards
in one machine running a BSD system and that additionally you may install
multi-port networking cards and then have e.g. four times n cards giving
number of ports with the same number of slots occupied, this fact is the
basis I wanted to get and I got it.
So in many parts it made sense. Thanks to all :-)
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