Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:00:35 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.net>, Mike Thompson <miket@dnai.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, dennis@etinc.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a router Message-ID: <4.1.19990329195605.045c8520@granite.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <199903292051.UAA10838@inner.net> References: <Your message of "Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:53:50 PST." <4.1.19990329115145.00a62ab0@mail.dnai.com>
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> If you're using FreeBSD as a firewall between servers and the Internet, what >really matters here is not the 100Mb/s local links but the speed of your WAN >link, because that's how much traffic is really going to move through that box. >Can FreeBSD keep up with a T1/E1 line? I'd be surprised if it couldn't. Can >FreeBSD keep up with a DS3? Given good enough hardware, probably. Faster than >that as total traffic going through the box and you need to worry. The Etinc.com people make a HSSI card with FreeBSD drivers.. To quote " The ET/HSSI adapter adds 1 or 2 HSSI ports to PC-based routers. Both ports can run up to 52Mb/s, accommodating 2 full-rate DS3 circuits. The ET/HSSI 32-bit PCI architecture utilizes single-cycle bus-mastering technology to maximize throughput and efficiency." I have never used their high end cards, only a couple of their T1 cards. Perhaps dennis@etinc.com could comment on this, as he certainly would be a qualified contributor on this matter. ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa, Network Admin * mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications Corp, * http://www.sentex.net/mike Cambridge, Ontario * 01.519.651.3400 Canada * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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