From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 1 21:35:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A7731065676 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 21:35:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: from web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.97.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0849F8FC14 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 21:35:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 85093 invoked by uid 60001); 1 Mar 2008 21:35:29 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=uky3GVBsTCB4UZjZybM2zeuUG7CSMbNujPdSnd5ucUCHDSRtTpvelS5Z+6jokDoZQW9PkO/IWcAdPW900siStjTI3o05gMFXwWvSC5dnqQe57LQO2UlZy0/fsEUkWd5XQqQfdzWaQ6mik5j2jMjx6CkzMRshdXgDEcvjQJJBmXw=; X-YMail-OSG: g4_kJR8VM1losy9Odu2ZZTQtCsuOXGZ_yQ4m4EnG7STMehYUjOCT2RbcGEHpydU_S2wIbOQr5C8xctlBfLAlLBiU2AGHQwO8u1_iJUZkcMSod4VeBfe671eYA.NXth5xVJHIEZtNUVUdriA_5a6M_FIcng-- Received: from [98.203.28.38] by web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:35:29 PST Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 13:35:29 -0800 (PST) From: Barney Cordoba To: Ingo Flaschberger In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <118554.84371.qm@web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 1GBit router? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:35:30 -0000 --- Ingo Flaschberger wrote: > Dear Barney, > > > It seems absolutely ridiculous to buy such > hardware > > and not install a PCIx or 4x PCIe card for another > > $100. or less. Saying a 1x is "fast enough" is > like > > saying a Celeron is "fast enough". > > The box is a small 1HE appliance and can boot from a > CF-Card. > I trust them more than a "al cheapo" pc. > 1x axiomtek NA-820 > 1x P4 3Ghz cpu > 1x 1gb ddr2 > --- > 850eur without taxes. > > A good chipset, good cpu, good ram, good harddisk, > god powersupply has > same price. > And don't forget that in exchanges you pay for each > HE. > > And back to 1x is not fast enough: > There are no 1gbit single port network cards that > support more than 1 > lane, even if you plug it into a 16 lane slot. > (and I'm not talking about 10gbit cards; if you have > 10gbit upstream you > have enough $$ to buy good gear) > Additionally, you're also doing I/O on the bus. You have I/O and setup operations. Although they are small bandwidth-wise, they interfere with transfers and force gaps in your transfers. So you always need much more bandwidth than your transfers. Barney ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ