From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 1 0:52:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cygnus.rush.net (cygnus.rush.net [209.45.245.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3097515373 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 00:52:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@rush.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by cygnus.rush.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA05010; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 03:13:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 03:13:26 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein To: Doug White Cc: "O'Connell" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Dedicated Router In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 31 May 1999, Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 28 May 1999, O'Connell wrote: > > > FAQ 160 alludes to deficiencies of FreeBSD as a dedicated LAN router in > > terms of good engineering practice and compliance with Internet standards. > > I'm not sure about the standards compliance bit, but the good engineering > bit is good -- the PC architecture doesn't have the bandwidth to handle > the kind of data routers normally see. Plus, you can't hot-swap > components. > > I wouldn't suggest it for a core router, but for a small office router on > up it should be OK. I've seen some supposedly hot swappable PCI boards, but they were external, meaning you had to have the case open and a board with a cable plugged into the pci motherboard.... Have you heard of anything built in such a way to make real hot-swappable PCI a possibility? -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message