Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 14:18:48 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: andyh@compnews.co.uk (Andrew Hird) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Freebsd as a router Message-ID: <199512190348.OAA08566@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951218180504.7584L-100000@sage.compnews.co.uk> from "Andrew Hird" at Dec 18, 95 06:06:20 pm
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Andrew Hird stands accused of saying: > > Has anyone got any advice on setting up FreeBSD as a router, especially > what ethernet cards/hardware setup you'd recommend for the faster > possible network throughput. > > Any other interesting snippets of knowledge would be gratefully accepted! Go for PCI cards based on the DEC DC2104x chips; check around, I believe that there are cards with up to four of these onboard, making for a very effective router solution. > Andy Hird -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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