Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:33:14 -0500 From: "Brandon S. DeYoung" <brandon@schoolpeople.net> To: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: A couple questions about Ethernet Server adapters. Message-ID: <00c301bffa6d$c5318780$82571c18@austin.rr.com>
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Thanks to all who wrote about the DLINK-DFE570TX. I had no idea quad port NICs were so cheap.
According to Dlink's website the DFE570TX is capable of delivering a bandwidth of 800 Mb/s. Is this just the marketing department distorting the facts? Since 4 x 100 Mb = 400Mb I'm guessing they're referring to full Duplex operation, i.e. 400Mb/s send + 400Mb/s receive = 800Mb/s?? Also, how does one configure these things? Do you just set all the ports to the same IP address, or is it more complicated than that?
I read an article a while back about tuning Samba. In this article they made a reference to "binding" one of the CPUs in an SMP machine to the NIC. Is this possible under FreeBSD (4.1)? Can someone point me at a URL which tells how to do it? So far my searches haven't turned up anything useful.
Thanks in advance,
~Brandon
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Thanks to all who wrote about
the DLINK-DFE570TX. I had no idea quad port NICs were so cheap. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> According to Dlink's website the
DFE570TX is capable of delivering a bandwidth of 800 Mb/s. Is this just the
marketing department distorting the facts? Since 4 x 100 Mb = 400Mb I'm guessing
they're referring to full Duplex operation, i.e. 400Mb/s send + 400Mb/s receive
= 800Mb/s?? </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, how does one configure these
things? Do you just set all the ports to the same IP address, or is it more
complicated than that?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I read an article a
while back about tuning Samba. In this article they made a reference to
"binding" one of the CPUs in an SMP machine to the NIC. Is this possible
under FreeBSD (4.1)? Can someone point me at a URL which tells how to do it? So
far my searches haven't turned up anything useful.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>~Brandon</FONT></DIV>
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