> On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Bruce Stephens wrote:
> > Why use a router at all? Use Linux... Thats why its there!!!
> > If you have one (or more) ethernet cards in a Linux box,
> > you have a router!!
> > Regards.
>
> Err, because a linux computer doing routing will be slow when compared to a
> real router. (BTW, Linux is fast at routing when compared to NT (where it is
> really slow and freezes to computer up))
errr....i beg to differ. most strenuously.
unless you're trying to pipe multiple T3 lines through an intel PCI bus, a
linux router is quite sufficient, especially for T3 and lower data speeds.
do consider that a 100Mb/s, full duplex, is ~2.5 times more traffic than a
single T3. last I was aware, Linux handled full duplex 100Mb/s traffic just
dandy.
i have three Linux routers, ranging from 384K to 100Mb/s speed lines doing
routing for address space of between one and 48 class C segments and up to 700
active nodes. the fanciest of these machines is a pentium 233 with 64 megs.
oh yes, it's a firewall, bastion relay, dhcp, dns, and of course...the advanced
routing.
Linux works.
-d
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