In a message dated 11/21/2000 7:08:10 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> You can have 40 seperated networks on a Sidewinder
> (www.securecomputing.com). The software can handle up to ten network cards
> with four ports per card. You would need to do some interesting acls but
> it is very possible. I don't have a clue what the performance would be and
> doing this with any real firewall is going to be a support nightmare.
So this is a software solution. Very nice!
But... does the PC bus supports such a need for bandwidth? (40...50 Fast
Eth, plus the filtering stuff, plus logging and maybe some other things)
I've heard that some people were trying to build such "software
firewalls" using PCs and Linux, *BSD or some other nice OS, but the problem
was always if the PC is actually able to support such a high traffic when you
really have ^many^ interfaces.
Is there anyone who succeeded to put many interfaces in a PC (running
Linux or *BSD)? I mean, at least 16...20 Fast Eth... I see at least two
problems here:
1. how many PCI cards can you actually fit into a PC box? 5? 6?
2. those nice 4-interfaces-per-card from Intel - are they actually
supported by the chosen OS?
--
Sandman
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