Hello, thanks,
I think that i wont use a bandwish above 6Mbits because it will be a filter
for an Internet backbone.
My Bridge hardware will be composed by:
Pentium III 750Mhz / 256MBRAM with 5 NIC's Intel pro 100+
When i buy these itens and make it work, i'll report the results to list.
P.S. I note that you said below, because i think that is very important,
thankyou very much!!!
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Carlos Cherem
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> I thought about doing that once, just don't forget to account for the
> PCI bus bandwidth limitations. The PCI bus runs at 133MB, and since you
> have to copy to/from memory (for filtering), you can push no more than
> 66MB/s (probably less). A 100Mbit port can do about 12MB/s, so at 100%
> efficiency, you'd just barely be able to saturate all 5 NICs. My guess
> is, however, that you won't be able to do better than
> 40-60Mbit/s/port... You can also get NICs with 2-4 interfaces on them,
> but with the PCI limitations, you won't want to use them in a saturated
> network environment.
>
> Logan Bowers
>
> "Carlos T. Latsch Cherem" wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can i use the linux bridge with five NIC's to act as a switch? My idea
is to
> > use the bridge code with the netfilter support to connect many machines
and
> > filter all traffic at all ports. Ist it possible? I'm asking you because
if
> > it is possible i'll buy other NIC's to make a test.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Carlos Cherem
> >
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