Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 20:10:45 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: escher@ddyne.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building a multiport router out of FreeBSD Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19970709201045.00ba34e0@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <33C12E39.C82A274C@ddyne.com> References: <3.0.2.32.19970706122919.026d6320@sentex.net>
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<Description of LAN requirements and possible Multiport router built out of a FreeBSD box deleted> > My experience with using FreeBSD as a dedicated router is that while >it works like a charm, is trouble free and easy to configure, there >remain human-noticable slow downs in transmission introduced by the box, >even at low loads. Hi, Thanks for the response. >If performance is important to you Yes. > and if you have the money to spare, No :-( >going with a hardware dedicated routing product will give you distinctly >better performance. Hmmm... I was afraid of that. I guess the other alternative would be to put it all on the same logical network and use a switching HUB... Although the price of that is still a little high, its more reasonable than a dedicated multiport router. ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net) * To do is to be -- Nietzsche Sentex Communications Corp, * To be is to do -- Sartre Cambridge, Ontario * Do be do be do -- Sinatra (http://www.sentex.net/~mdtancsa) *
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