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Date:      Wed, 22 Oct 1997 10:32:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dru Nelson <dnelson@slip.net>
To:        Nicolai Petri <npp@neg-micon.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-ISP@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Routing thru a FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.971022103105.26211B-100000@slip-3>
In-Reply-To: <41256538.00360C59.00@mail.micon.dk>

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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
> 
> 
> 




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