From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Aug 9 7:37:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DE1A151EE for ; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 07:37:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA98753; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 09:35:36 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 09:35:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon To: InterACT Info Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multi networkcards In-Reply-To: <37AED3C1.7BD9B88@interact.se> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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