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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!maui.cc.odu.edu!news From: Jamie Bowden <bowden@cs.odu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a router Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 14:11:03 -0400 (EDT) Organization: Old Dominion University Lines: 18 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.960427140735.3161C-100000@tulip.cs.odu.edu> References: <4lfm8j$kn3@nuscc.nus.sg> <317CAABE.7DE14518@FreeBSD.org> <4lt098$erq@itchy.serv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tulip.cs.odu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4lt098$erq@itchy.serv.net> On 27 Apr 1996, Sean T. Lamont wrote: > On a related note, does anyone know of the existence of an HSSI card > for the PC, with or without a FreeBSD driver for it? If I could get > t3 speeds without a cisco 7000, I would be $50,000 happier. :) The classic failing of unix boxes as a router is that the max throughput is about 2mbit...it's a limit of the os...this is not just a freebsd thing...we have tested this in SunOS4.1.x, and Solaris 2.x, and have had communications with others who have tried with other platforms (free and proprietary). 2mbit seems to be about the limit. Jamie Bowden ODU CS Systems I have my finger on the pulse of the planet.