Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 13:58:57 +0100 From: Damian Hamill <damian@cablenet.net> To: Dru Nelson <dnelson@slip.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Routing thru a FreeBSD? Message-ID: <344F4A11.353C51DE@cablenet.net> References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971022103105.26211B-100000@slip-3>
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I think you misunderstood his question. He didn't ask about ethernet switching, he asked about IP routing. Dru Nelson wrote: > > I doubt it. Unless there is specialized hardware involved. > cisco and others have invested heavily in 'silicon switching'. > there are more layer 3 ethernet switches out there. > > I think FreeBSD is an excellent solution for most things, but > a good Cisco router will really perform. > > On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Nicolai Petri wrote: > > > > > Is it possible to setup a FreeBSD to make highperformance routing between 2 > > 100Mbit Nets ???? Could it be as fast as Cisco IOS??? > > > > Bye, > > Nicolai Petri > > > > > > -- * Damian Hamill M.D. damian@cablenet.net * CableNet & The Landscape Channel * http://www.cablenet.net/ http://www.landscapetv.com/
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