From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Nov 18 21:24:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA16344 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 21:24:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA16301 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 21:23:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA11415; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 21:22:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199611190522.VAA11415@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: changed to: Frac T3? In-Reply-To: <199611182016.OAA02995@brasil.moneng.mei.com> from Joe Greco at "Nov 18, 96 02:16:56 pm" To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 21:22:02 -0800 (PST) Cc: tli@jnx.com, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, dennis@etinc.com, isp@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ... > > But the topic was UNIX routing. So IOS is irrelevant, as is Microsoft. > > Anybody who wants to make a Pentium into a DS3 capable router has my > full support :-) Just FYI, the D-Link 3205 ethernet _SWITCH_ is infact a Pentium with 5 DC21140 ethernet chips.... David Greenman knows the pps switching speed vs size numbers, he did a bunch of testing, and yes, using 4 FreeBSD systems he can hit the limit of the switch using small packets. The thing this does tell us though, is that a Pentium with the right hardware and software can infact do some pretty fast packet switching (I seem to recall 10K+ pps per port using 4 ports, but David would have to give the exact numbers.) -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD