Re: [Debian] Multiport Ethernet boards?
> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Nico De Ranter wrote:
>
> :
> : Howdy,
> :
> : I believe somebody posted a message about this some time ago
> : but I couldn't find it in the archives (actualy I don't know
> : what to look for :-). I want to build a router using a PC
> : running Linux. Unfortunately there aren't enough PCI slots to
> : accomodate all networkadapters. Are there any multiport
> : ethernet adapters around that are supported by Linux?
>
> Yes. SMC makes a nice one that's based on the tulip chipset. There's a
> dual model, and I think a quad. I don't have any URLs but I did search
> Altavista once with exactly your question and came up with a few pages
> talking about multiport NICs supported in Linux.
SMC unfortunately only has a dual one (couldn't find anything else on their
website). But Znyx has exactly what I want and even seems to have good
support for Linux so I'll probably buy a Znyx Netblaster ZX346Q.
>
> : Considering I want to build a router with 9 network interfaces
> : (preferably 100Base-Tx but I guess that's too much to ask for :-),
> : what kind of PC should I use (it will only do routing and maybe
> : DNS). Will a Pentium 233MMX do the trick or should I go for
> : a PIII 550. Will 64MB do or should I use 128MB, will the amount
> : of memory have any impact at all on the performance. I figure
> : the PCI bus will probably be the bottleneck here.
>
> Well, I would think that the Pentium would handle it - Bay routers (for
> example) are generally powered by 68040 Motorola chips ...
>
> RAM is good :)
>
> : Isn't there a Linux-router or something like that around?
>
> http://www.linuxrouter.org/
>
Thanks !! :-)
Nico
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