Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 17:41:58 -0600 From: "Joe" <joe@thebestisp.com> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Fw: FreeBSD firewall questions Message-ID: <01bd380f$cf1581c0$b221dccc@subzero.thebestisp.com>
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understood however all I here all day is speed.. speed.. speed.. and yes
most of the connections are over a T1 or Maybe a T3 so the biggest hit would
never use more than about 1/3 of a 100Mbps line but still in theory...
-----Original Message-----
From: Benedikt Stockebrand <benedikt@devnull.ruhr.de>
To: Joe <joe@thebestisp.com>
Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Thursday, February 12, 1998 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: FreeBSD firewall questions
"Joe" <joe@thebestisp.com> writes:
> IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO CONNECT MORE THAN TWO COMPUTERS DO NOT USE A HUB!
(did
> the caps get your 'tension?) the reasons are simple 1 a hub costs money
Point taken. But OTOH a hub lets you plug in a third box into that
physical network, and in some situations that can be quite handy.
Anyway, I didn't say that a hub was a "better" solution than a
null-hub cable.
> and
> if you were into spending money you wouldn't be using freebsd you'd be
> dealing (and spending a fortune for the same or less effect) with a
> Microsoft or comperable product.
Nothing compares to M$... ok, let's stop this...
> And second you can't expect to get better
> that 60%(+-) ie: 6Mbps rather than 10Mbps throughput so you are paying for
> latency and collissions..Just my two cents..
This depends on the bandwidth your outbound connection has. Here in
Krautland a 2Mbit/s line is still pretty much upper standard, so under
these circumstances even a lowly 10 Mbit/s 10Base2 or 10BaseT wouldn't
be seriously loaded.
As far as latency goes: How much latency is caused by a hub (opposed
to a switch, which is too expensive anyway) and will it be noticeable
if all data is subsequently sent across a long distance connection?
Ben
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