Re: Multiport Ethernet Cards(Plenty of em...)

From: Dennis (dennis@etinc.com)
Date: Fri Apr 14 2000 - 16:28:54 EST


>Well, we agree that the bus makes more difference than the processor,
>here screwing around I found that clocking a P233MMX funky can result in
>quite a performance boost. I was running it @ 215Mhz and routed 1 full
>DS3(both ways) and on the second line 100% oneway and 70-80% the other. I
>would bet that if you had a dual bus system you would need less than a PII
>600 to route 4 T3s, but I've never tried it.

Depends on what else is running. Typically you have bgp and a 70K+ routing
table, so that has an impact on horsepower.

Of course most of our customers are doing bandwidth management also, which
is a factor as well.

DB

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