From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 18 10:06:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA10261 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:06:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA10245 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:06:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA01493; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:06:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:06:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Tim Pushor cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD as a router In-Reply-To: <199711181359.GAA01511@hercules.orion.ab.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Tim Pushor wrote: > Is there anyone who is using freebsd as a multi-interface IP router > successfully? I am questioning its ability to perform under heavy load with > multiple network interfaces, as well as the total number of interfaces > possible/probable. There are several FreeBSD machines in service in this capacity. > >From the ethernet side, does anybody know of a maximum number of PCI 10/100 > network interfaces that FreeBSD could possibly support? I currently am using > 3com 3c905 10/100 network cards. Therotically a single PCI bus could support > multiple cards easily. No problems from the FreeBSD side. It depends on if your PCI bus can take that many busmastering devices. > >From the serial side, I have seen a dual ISA serial card that can handle two > T1+ full duplex connections. This would be sufficient for me I think, but > would render the ISA bus maxxed for other things (such as RS232 serial > mulitport cards or any other ISA interfaces). Emerging Technologies (http://www.etinc.com) makes cards like this. I think they make PCI cards too and do have FreeBSD drivers. > I guess I am basically looking for a testimonial from someone who is > currently using FreeBSD as a stand-alone router with multiple interfaces and > would like to get a run down of hardware they have used/tried etc. did you check the mail archives at http://www.freebsd.org first? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major