Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:27:32 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com> To: dennis@etinc.com, nik@blueberry.co.uk Cc: isp@freebsd.org, jfarmer@goldsword.com Subject: Re: Routers - hardware received wisdom Message-ID: <199609190027.UAA21659@sabre.goldsword.com>
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>From owner-freebsd-isp@freefall.freebsd.org Wed Sep 18 12:04:46 1996 >Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:23:06 -0400 >X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >To: Nik Clayton <nik@blueberry.co.uk> >From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) >Subject: Re: Routers - hardware received wisdom >Cc: isp@freebsd.org >Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org >X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 18 Sept 1996 dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) was quoted as saying: > Nik Clayton <nik@blueberry.co.uk> asjed: >>I'm going to be requiring two network routers, and since FreeBSD is more >>than capable of the task, I figured I'd go for the cheap 486 option. >> >>One of these routers will be sat between a 2Mb/s leased line and a 10Mb/s >>ethernet, and the other will be between 2 10Mb/s ethernets. >> >>As far as I can tell, FreeBSD 2.1.5, a PCI based 66MHz 486DX with 16MB RAM >>and 2 DC201040 PCI network cards should be sufficient. >> >>But can I drop it any lower than that? Would the boxes be fine with 8MB >>RAM? What about 33MHz machines? > >Its totally dependent on how much local ethernet traffic you have. If you will >be switching lots of traffic locally, you might be unhappy with a 33Mhz box. > >But at today's prices, what are you going to save? $10.? Its not worth it. >100Mhz processars are only $32 or so....you're spending more than that >thinking about it. > >Dennis I think that Dennis' comment & what Joe said in his note answered a question that I've had lurking in the back of my mind, "Just what is sufficient to run a FreeBSD T-1 capable router?" Granted that a no-name MB & 133Mhz 486 is running around $120, but I "happen to have" a 386/33, 8mb, 300mb disk sitting in the corner, with an ethernet card in it (isa only :^,). And I have a need for a T-1 capable box soon. Since it would be a fairly un-saturated T-1, I suspect that I will be able to get away with it for a while... Then the question becomes, how many 56/64k/128/256k frame relay links could a "little" box like that handle? (Must be the Scots in me, I hate to throw away anything!) Thanks John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting
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