Re: RFC: Combined Router/Bridge

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 23 Nov 1996 00:51:28 +0000 (GMT)


> 1) Would it be possible to set up a Linux box with say three
> network adapters, and make it bridge between the two of them, while
> routing between those two and the third ?

Not currently. The Linux bridge doesnt support that.

> 2) Would it be possible to have one 133MHz Pentium routing and bridging
> (as apropriate) between four 100Mbps PCI network adapters?

If you have Donalds current 211xx driver (the beta test one that preallocs
skbuffs) then it ought to cope nicely. Get a good motherboard with a decent
chipset.

> Can anyone tell me what an approximate CPU load would be, having say 50%
> load on all four cards ?

Not sure. Memory bandwidth will kill you not CPU however.

Alan