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Date:      Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:23:41 -0700
From:      bill fumerola <billf@mu.org>
To:        Eivind Hestnes <eivind@stabbursmoen.no>
Cc:        performance@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Performance Intel Pro 1000 MT (PWLA8490MT)
Message-ID:  <20050419222341.GD31040@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <426573D9.8080607@stabbursmoen.no>
References:  <20050419183335.F18008131@joshua.stabbursmoen.no> <5c05f1805041911351d2bd98e@mail.gmail.com> <42656CA0.9040403@stabbursmoen.no> <d00578af6eff12d7aa5139bbb410a1d2@staff.openaccess.org> <426573D9.8080607@stabbursmoen.no>

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On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:10:49PM +0200, Eivind Hestnes wrote:
> It sounds sensible, but I have also learned that throwing hardware on a 
> problem is not always right.. Compared to shiny boxes from Cisco, HP 
> etc. a 500 Mhz router is for heavy duty networks. I would try some more 
> tweaking before replacing the box with some more spectular hardware.

you've confused commodity CPUs with special purpose hardware.

alternatively, 'heavy duty networks' is a relative term.

-- bill fumerola





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