From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 10 18:51:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA09324 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 18:51:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from netrail.net (nathan@netrail.net [205.215.6.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA09314 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 18:51:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (nathan@localhost) by netrail.net (8.7.5/Netrail) with SMTP id VAA24859; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 21:50:23 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 21:50:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Nathan Stratton To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a 100Mbit router In-Reply-To: <199606101712.TAA29934@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote: > Anyone having experience with 100Mbit technology? > > I'm thinking of building a router from our campus FDDI ring to > 100MBit Fast Ethernet. > Using a P5 and PCI bus what hardware could be recommended? Ya, we are using them for all our routers, we even have one at mae-east. > What router throughput could be expected? Not sure, I have only done about 15 meg/sec but never tried to go higher. > BTW, how reliable is 100BaseT technology? Vary vary good. > What does the physical layer look like? Twisted pair phone line > (2 wire, shielded)? what type are the connectors and wall outlets? UTP CAT 5 cable and connectors will be fine. Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Tracking the future today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone (703)524-4800 NetRail, Inc. Fax (703)534-5033 2007 N. 15 St. Suite 5 Email sales@netrail.net Arlington, Va. 22201 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Access: (703) 524-4802 guest --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34