From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Oct 24 03:29:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA07613 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 03:29:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from freefall.pipeline.ch (intranet.pipeline.ch [195.134.128.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA07608 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 03:29:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andre@pipeline.ch) Received: from opi ([195.134.128.41]) by freefall.pipeline.ch (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA8829 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:27:43 +0200 Message-ID: <34507846.99E28DE9@pipeline.ch> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:28:22 +0200 From: "IBS / Andre Oppermann" Organization: Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Routing thru a FreeBSD? X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <199710240459.VAA29515@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jim Shankland wrote: > > > exhausting the PCI bandwidth is very much > > an issue that's not going to go away with a faster CPU. > > Definitely. Of course, sooner or later, we'll have PCI-UW or > something. Well, we have already a PCI-UW, it's calles 64Bit PCI and nearly doubles the bandwidth but the card has to support it. The other way is to add more PCI busses (of course not by a PCI-PCI bridge). There are some systems out with more than one PCI bus direct connected to the memory/CPU bus. So its up to CPU and memory bandwidth (I think the PII can handle up to 400MB/s). -- Andre Oppermann CEO / Geschaeftsfuehrer Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) Hardstrasse 235, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland Fon +41 1 277 75 75 / Fax +41 1 277 75 77 http://www.pipeline.ch ibs@pipeline.ch