Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:47:33 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: "C. Stephen Gunn" <csg@waterspout.com> Cc: Richard Archer <rha@interdomain.net.au>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support for passive backplane chassis? Message-ID: <1344.901867653@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 Jul 1998 00:51:37 CDT." <199807310551.AAA13188@tsunami.waterspout.com>
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In message <199807310551.AAA13188@tsunami.waterspout.com>, "C. Stephen Gunn" wr ites: >In message <l03130318b1e6eae3d5e0@[203.17.167.127]>, Richard Archer writes: > >>I am thinking of using a passive backplane system with 16 PCI slots. >>This would allow each router to handle up to 64 ethernet segments. >>But I can't find much information about how these interact with FreeBSD. > >Richard, > > This would scare the heck out of me. I use a FreeBSD box at my >day job to route between 5 Ethernet Interfaces. We have a couple with 12 10mbit (znyx 314) and one 100 mbit, and that works fine. 64 may be a tad many. Consider using less and let them share a 100mbit backbone. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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