Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:43:14 -0400 From: "Bob McConnell" <rvm@CBORD.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD based router ... Message-ID: <FF8482A96323694490C194BABEAC24A002C70422@Email.cbord.com> In-Reply-To: <2b677bda0805280731x45fc2dd4ra62a2657e11641c1@mail.gmail.com> References: <18493.25160.836101.941905@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <FF8482A96323694490C194BABEAC24A002C70391@Email.cbord.com> <20080528140856.GA30599@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <2b677bda0805280731x45fc2dd4ra62a2657e11641c1@mail.gmail.com>
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From: Jerry B. Altzman > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: >> (Putting a total of 6 quad-port NICs on a single PCI-bus would totally swamp >> that bus though, so if one were to actually use so many NICs I would rather >> recommend e.g. the Asus P5BP-E/4L motherboard. It has 3 PCI slots and 3 >> PCI-E slots in addition to the four gigabit LAN ports included on the >> motherboard - so you can get a total of 28 ports if you fully populate all >> slots with quad-port NICs (not counting any USB-connected ethernet ports one >> might add.) It also has built-in graphics so one does not need to waste >> one slot on a graphics card.) >=20 > And all this just to *pass packets*; if you're making real *routing* > decisions based upon that (i.e. you're making a router rather than a > switch), which requires that packets take a trip to the CPU, you'll > find yourself coming to the realization that Cisco and Juniper might > actually be on to something, there, and that ASICs might actually be > worth what you paid for them. >=20 > YMMV, HTH, HAND. I don't need that many Ethernet ports, but I do need most of those PCI slots. I was unable to locate a box with more than four slots and a warranty that was acceptable to our Production group. I'm still not sure about the warranty or that we can buy it in a case with power supply. But at least I have a vector to resume my search. Thanks, Bob McConnell
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