From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Nov 29 23:16:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from ocis.ocis.net (ocis.ocis.net [209.52.173.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C75037B405 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:16:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from phoenix (dial-41.ocis.net [209.52.173.73]) by ocis.ocis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA08580; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:16:20 -0800 From: "Freddie Cash" Organization: PhoenixTek Consulting To: "Anthony Atkielski" Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:15:59 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Reply-To: fcash@bigfoot.com Cc: chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: <3C06C1AF.16219.B78634@localhost> In-reply-to: <031101c17944$667dc4e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.01) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Randall writes: > > most cheap-low end network routers for dsl/cable > > have very weak thruput and packet handling... > Examples? > > not to mention most that have a built in 'hub' > > only offer 10mbit.. > Are there a lot of DSL lines that exceed 10 Mbps? The outside DSL line is not the only communications medium in use here. Limiting your internal LAN to a 10 mbit *hub* is pointless nowadays unless you are only worried about the occasional file transfer between computers. Even if you *never* need more than 10 mbit of bandwidth internally, why limit yourself to a broadcast medium when switched media is only slightly more? Also, having your main network gateway and all internal communication pass through the same point is not good security policy. Cheers, Freddie PhoenixTek Consulting fcash@bigfoot.com Unix / Networking Services (250) 314-4029 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message