From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jul 30 23:50:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA12438 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 23:50:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA12426 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 23:50:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA01346; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:47:33 +0200 (CEST) To: "C. Stephen Gunn" cc: Richard Archer , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support for passive backplane chassis? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 31 Jul 1998 00:51:37 CDT." <199807310551.AAA13188@tsunami.waterspout.com> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:47:33 +0200 Message-ID: <1344.901867653@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <199807310551.AAA13188@tsunami.waterspout.com>, "C. Stephen Gunn" wr ites: >In message , 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