Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 09:35:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: InterACT Info <je@interact.se> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multi networkcards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908090909180.98350-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <37AED3C1.7BD9B88@interact.se>
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On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, InterACT Info wrote: > Have anyone successfully tryed a gateway/firewall > with more than ten or six interfaces? More than six, yes. I've been using a Compaq Proliant 3000 (PIII-500, 256MB) with six Intel EtherExpress PRO 10/100B's (82558) and one Dual EtherExpress PRO 10/100B (dual 82558 + PCI bridge) for a total of 8 interfaces. FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE didn't want to see all of the PCI busses in this particular server, but 3.2 saw everything just fine, and works without a hitch. I could easily put 10 interfaces in this thing since it has a couple of free PCI slots, and I wouldn't forsee a problem doing so. The performance is quite good, by the way. I've managed to saturate 4 of the interfaces at 100Mbit FD and the server didn't break a sweat. This was with 36 ipfw rules, with most of the traffic passing through 14 rules on its way in and out (exactly 28 rules for a packet to pass through the box from one of my private networks to another). Granted, this was a bunch of SMB traffic passing between multiple NT (blech) boxes, so the packets on average were fairly large. Maybe in a few months, time allowing, I'll set up some workstations on each of the networks to pump as much data as they can through all 8 interfaces, packets both big and small, and see how it performs. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures (SPARC under development). ( http://www.freebsd.org ) "One should admire Windows users. It takes a great deal of courage to trust Windows with your data." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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