Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 08:02:47 -0700 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@MexComUSA.net> To: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Michael R. Wayne" <wayne@msen.com>, miguel@mexcom.net.mx, jabc@mexcom.net.mx Subject: Re: freebsd used in routers? Message-ID: <3718A297.579C08EE@MexComUSA.net> References: <199904171435.KAA17189@mail.gwi.net>
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Fletcher E Kittredge wrote: > On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:36:17 -0400 "Michael R. Wayne" wrote: > > > > We're partial to the Intel 10/100 ethernet cards but find that we > > need to install 4 ethernets and 8 T1 ports into a single box that > > only has 3 PCI slots. What are people who are doing moderate > > ethernet traffic using for multiport ethernet cards? Any problems > > or cautions? > > The Zynx four port 10/100 ethernet cards have worked well for us. I > believe the use the DEC tulip chipset. Two major caveats that we were > able to work around: > > 1) I have serious doubts that the PCI bus could really handle four > full duplex, 100mb/sec ethernet streams and eight T1 streams at the > same time. However, we found that we have never come close to fully > loading the 10/100 cards. While they will burst more than 10mb/sec, I > don't think we ever go over 30mb/sec on any card at any given time. > The router we are using these on has been up 115 days and has dropped > about 2040 packets of the 40 billion routed during that period. > > 2) We were never able to get the Zynx cards working reliably with > Etinc two or four port T1 cards. However, since we have never been > able to get the Etinc cards working reliably in any configuration with > either BSD/OS or FreeBSD, I don't think this necessarily has anything > to do with the Zynx cards. What cards have you found to work reliably and with which version of FreeBSD? Thanks, ed > > > good luck! > fletcher > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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