From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Tue Jan 10 23:49:29 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C28CAAC40 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:49:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leeb@ratnaling.org) Received: from mail-ua0-x241.google.com (mail-ua0-x241.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c08::241]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A53B01AD9 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:49:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leeb@ratnaling.org) Received: by mail-ua0-x241.google.com with SMTP id 96so47620286uaq.2 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:49:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ratnaling-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=7TN/3hviHONgBAts3kSPsH/e5OyMOnAqYi657hSsPMo=; b=NBkTRUvX66fhyaZh2Q792JvN4ooQ6XPBhATAZXavFPr+zXEtPS3hlN8ZFCST4HL6hK 0QZezUKSdc5xdznaakVmnT4u2GupkQ3lzOUt2YW3aMteFmU5sMrg/AQgUUE4IqdApKJj GtbhVnb9HzAdPn4V31QixJl1ep6L7UnW9H7XEUaDdTc4UErigBeESCGs003jV0P0vDn1 GKRHglFCRqljZirueQBXfJpEGz95uqgWvruvR9nR3AAA3+ex+mFyt6KLU+zcthOtPPoL daL0XTB/tBZLN1MLhpCEECTTEPsN9Yf6720fzNlQcICXdOPgv5irxFBSFzsSwLb+yEqY s47w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=7TN/3hviHONgBAts3kSPsH/e5OyMOnAqYi657hSsPMo=; b=PvBfKd6c5XqGWkxdBrrhwG8WucfL2pPzlH3EEWQFsrAz4hhXm/iWeDUR5wpXzuRNHw iOrPrC4yifRHpD180Zib0bEJZ16ZOYV/QZEW0DlUU3HIghXx7fdBKNapP/L4n9SzPHwK Y1X8SZJ4hIl3zHTfpn2qTeCSNftGQXRVTPpCGRgotAjngGzmPK411pyrzQNkSekMB4pb w293jm4+G+VBJtUBiaiDSszQcP2r0XEk27v1kUUjeTVm6nvefTT/DBeZ4dxDMoN/TWLB Wx3q30IVwopa/I7/bhTCN4p3c1b+eVsw8DZqiZLHZ1RZGi2EOIEJDADQDuHOcDcEk+sJ sMQg== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXIUgi+DTu5ls6QUkjfEemIqfGVi5nq/aA+9Yf3Vuq5oYAmyQ829wkynlJ5YCIViRGEybjXChGEW18I11g== X-Received: by 10.159.51.18 with SMTP id o18mr2616104uab.14.1484092168828; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:49:28 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.176.74.150 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:49:28 -0800 (PST) From: Lee Brown Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:49:28 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: General question about 1GB vs 10GB NIC's To: lev@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-net , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:49:30 -0000 I want to build a router that has 2 x 500mb/s radio ISP facing, 2 x 500mb/s radio's facing another site, plus a 1gb/s link to the LAN. I plan to plug everything into a switch so I can have redundant routers. So my question is should I go with 5 x 1GB NIC's or 2x10GB NIC's on the motherboard. Assume NIC's will be Intel or IBM. Going 10GB pushes the switch price ten-times, so I'd like to avoid that if possible. I'm planning to get a 4 core Xeon @3.4GHz and it would be nice to know if this is a moot point or not. Thanks -- lee