From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Oct 23 10:05:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA10741 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:05:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from mole (mole.slip.net [207.171.193.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA10735 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:05:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dnelson@slip.net) Received: from slip-3.slip.net [207.171.193.17] (dnelson) by mole with smtp (Exim 1.73 #2) id 0xOQgV-0003Mv-00; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:04:35 -0700 Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:04:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Dru Nelson X-Sender: dnelson@slip-3 To: Damian Hamill cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Routing thru a FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: <344F4A11.353C51DE@cablenet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk What is a Layer-3 switch then :-) ? On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Damian Hamill wrote: > I think you misunderstood his question. He didn't ask about ethernet > switching, he asked about IP routing. > > Dru Nelson wrote: > > > > I doubt it. Unless there is specialized hardware involved. > > cisco and others have invested heavily in 'silicon switching'. > > there are more layer 3 ethernet switches out there. > > > > I think FreeBSD is an excellent solution for most things, but > > a good Cisco router will really perform. > > > > On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Nicolai Petri wrote: > > > > > > > > Is it possible to setup a FreeBSD to make highperformance routing between 2 > > > 100Mbit Nets ???? Could it be as fast as Cisco IOS??? > > > > > > Bye, > > > Nicolai Petri > > > > > > > > > > > -- > * Damian Hamill M.D. damian@cablenet.net > * CableNet & The Landscape Channel > * http://www.cablenet.net/ http://www.landscapetv.com/ >