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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:35:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net> To: Greg Maxwell <gmaxwell@martin.fl.us> Cc: "Richard A. Steenbergen" <ras@e-gerbil.net>, "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com>, <nanog@merit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010410174839.27307T-100000@da1server> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0104101618240.12542-100000@anime.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Greg Maxwell wrote: > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Richard A. Steenbergen wrote: > > There is absolutily no (technical) reason that you cannot successfully > > "route" gigabit ethernet at line rate using off the shelf and extremely > > cheap PC technology and a bit of clue. > Yes there is. Cheap = 32bit/33MHz pci today which doesn't have sufficent > bandwidth for line-rate gigabit forwarding. Would 66mhz 64bit pci fit the bill? http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/RCC_LE/370dle.htm ~$300 http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/840/PIIIDME.htm ~$600 http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tigerle_p.html ~$400 Not terribly expensive. -Dan
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