On Monday 08 January 2007 11:43, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Router for ssh tunnel/SOCKS proxy': > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if you want to take advantage of > > gigabit speeds (or more than a dozen 100mbit ports) you'll definitely > > want a dedicated solution -- the PCI bus just can't keep up. Maybe > > there's a solution in PCIe or PCI-X, since they do increase > > bandwidth, but I've yet to see a standard PC configured to handle > > that much bandwidth. > > If you have the router between LAN segments at gigabit speeds, and need > to route more than 132MB/S worth of data transfer
Like, moving my rather large collection of video from one computer to another? Or, simply watching HD video from your NAS on 2-3 frontends at the same time? Actually, just about anything involving a NAS and any rael workload. > good luck finding a PC with 10 pci slots so > that you can achieve gigabit speeds on 100-tx hardware ;) You needn't have 10 pci slots. Many companies sell 4-port 10/100 ethernet cards (I have one that a number of years old in the next room). I'm fairly sure higher numbers of ports are available, although they are rare. 4-port 10/100/1000 ethernet cards (PCIe or PCI-X, IIRC) are also available. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
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