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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!portc01.blue.aol.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.enteract.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.uio.no!nntp.uib.no!nntp-bergen.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!not-for-mail From: sthaug@nethelp.no (Steinar Haug) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as router Date: 16 Feb 1997 11:31:26 GMT Organization: Nethelp Consulting, Trondheim, Norway Lines: 20 Message-ID: <5e6r6e$4ph@verdi.nethelp.no> References: <5daaes$9sd@gatekeeper.cso.com> <5dcfk9$ia@verdi.nethelp.no> <01bc146d$738de0c0$0801a8c0@teds.portsoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newscache.uninett.no In-reply-to: "Ted Mittelstaedt"'s message of 6 Feb 1997 20:44:41 GMT Cache-Post-Path: newscache.uninett.no!unknown@verdi.nethelp.no Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35546 ["Ted Mittelstaedt"] | > I know people have run Pentiums with 12 Ethernet segments (10 Mbps), but | > I wouldn't bet on a Pentium being able to route 12 *full* Ethernets worth | > of traffic on current Intel platforms. 4 to 6 Ethernets should be doable, | > though - more if traffic on each segment is lower. | | It's kind of difficult to obtain _12_ free Interrupt lines in a PC!!!! You | would need | to use one of those fancy dual/triple/quad port ethernet cards which are | obviously very expensive. Of course you need those cards. By the way, I wouldn't say they're *very* expensive. The SMC 21x40 based 2-port cards are about double the cost of their normal 21x40 based 1-port cards. And the ZNYX 4-port cards are about four times the cost of a 1-port card. Considering that these cards are sold in much lower volumes, and that they need something not needed on a 1-port card (a PCI-PCI bridge), I don't think the cost is unreasonable. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no