Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:27:13 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Veggy Vinny) Cc: dg@root.com, jdd@vbc.net, jhay@mikom.csir.co.za, chad@gaianet.net, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase Message-ID: <199611141727.LAA25430@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961114033734.6675T-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> from "Veggy Vinny" at Nov 14, 96 03:39:02 am
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> On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, David Greenman wrote: > > > I'm sure you misunderstood what Dennis said. I'm sure he knows that T1's > > are DS1 speed (1.544Mbits/second). > > You're probably right since I asked him if a 10MBps or 10/100Mbps > card would be better for the ethernet from the machine and he said, the > max is 3MBps, 1.544MBps in/1.544MBps out full deplex. Remember that an Ethernet starts getting rather crowded around that point (at least if you believe in low latency and high performance, like I do) which means that you do not want tons of other traffic on such a wire. You might want to get the 10/100 card given that the current prices are really not that far apart, and it will not limit you in the future. ... JG
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