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[isp-bgp] Re: BGP-linux
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Tom (UnitedLayer) wrote:
> > Theres no mystical or magical things to PC routing till you get to about
> > 600mbps (then you run into 33mhz/32bit pci issues).
> > But Linux definitely still does not have any issues with routing it. At
> > these rates you are hitting PC hardware architecture limitations, not
> > Linux or FreeBSD limitations.
> Thats a load of horse poop and you know it.
> I did some work for a company that built FW/Router boxes loaded up with
> 100Mbps ethernet interfaces (3x4 port cards). We pumped each interface
> full of traffic with smartbits boxes, ended up with full speed on each
> interface.

Then it wasnt 32bit 33mhz PCI. Theoretical max of 32/33 is ~125mbyte/sec 
in burst mode, but you arent ever going to get that. Intel says youre 
lucky to get 600mbit out of 32/33, and this is confirmed in real world 
testing.

> http://www.terasolutions.com/ builds PC boxes which have been tested up to
> 2Gbps+.

Yes and theyre 64/66 which just proves my point, thanks.

Or maybe you could bother reading posts next time before responding to 
them.

> Who cares about tech bigotry when experience speaks for itself?
> Only the team that doesn't have the winning tech.
> I could care less what anyone uses, I'm just sharing my experiences.

Well, you obviously know best! google has it all wrong, obviously.

-Dan
-- 
[-] Omae no subete no kichi wa ore no mono da. [-]

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[isp-bgp] Re: BGP-linux, Tom (UnitedLayer)
[isp-bgp] Re: BGP-linux, Terry Baranski
[isp-bgp] BGP flap dampening considered harmful, Eric Plikuhn
[isp-bgp] Re: BGP-linux, alex
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