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Re: Routers vs. PC's for routing - was list problems?
- From: Alex Rubenstein
- Date: Thu May 23 20:56:59 2002
> > True... unless going for 64 bit PCI at 66MHz...
>
> 64/66 PCI has 4 times as much bandwidth - about 4Gbit/s. Much better
> than standard PCI, but hard to find on a PC-compatible motherboard, and
> expensive when you do find it. Enough bandwidth for 10 line-rate 100M
> Ethernet ports or six line-rate OC-3 ports (in theory, anyway). But not
> really enough for anything faster (OC-12 or GigE) if you want line-rate
> forwarding.
Most reputable motherboards (high-end super micros, intel) support 64/66.
-- Alex Rubenstein, AR97, K2AHR, alex@nac.net, latency, Al Reuben --
-- Net Access Corporation, 800-NET-ME-36, http://www.nac.net --
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