Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 01:44:06 -0600 From: Stephen Fisher <sfisher@twrol.com> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com> Cc: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Dedicated Router Message-ID: <3754E0C6.11673766@twrol.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906011738310.285-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>
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Other reasons why people don't like to use PCs as routers are things like the fact that they have moving parts inside them like hard drives which can fail and bring the entire thing down. Jaye Mathisen wrote: > > On 1 Jun 1999, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> writes: > > > > > I wouldn't suggest it for a core router, but for a small office router on > > > up it should be OK. > > > > Good summary of the performance issues. In my own opinion, I don't > > think anything that does its forwarding in software is fast enough for > > the Internet core. But then again, I work on stuff that *is* meant > > for the core. > > > > Well, like anything, it all depends on your definition of core/load, but > FreeBSD using ET's T1 cards, and 4 portt ethernet cards from Znyx is > handling significantly higher than "small office router" loads, trivially, > with 3-4% CPU usage, including firewalling. > > I'm only using P6-200's on supermicro MB's, but I see no reason to believe > that this won't scale to 12 T1's and 4-8 ethernet ports easily. > > PCI bandwidth may be an issue, but that's all I can think of. > > (Your other issues of compliancy are valid, but I suspect non-issues in > the current world, generally speaking). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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