Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:19:54 -0700 From: "Mike Maltese" <mike@pcmedx.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as router - performance vs hardware routers Message-ID: <002101c3627f$e5828250$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> References: <1060871994.5979.12.camel@alexandria><20030814104618.T20039@alpha.yumyumyum.org> <200308141000.52989.mbettinger@championelevators.com>
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> Based on prior discussions regarding minimal hardware, I think the main > thing to pay attention to is the type and brand of network cards you > are going to be using. I would stay away from those interrupter from > hell rl0 cards. You won't be able to budge a 30-40 dollar pentium box Agreed. I ditched the one that was the LAN interface for an Intel EtherExpress (fxp) and picked up at least 2MB/s in peak bandwidth.
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