Hi, > More Mhz. Not crappy nics, get xl,fxp,dc etc. Or maybe gigabit nics like > em(4). I think he has xl and sk in the machine, sk is probably the most decent thing one can get at the moment. xl I had quite mixed results in the past, so changing that one into another sk might be all the change needed. the high irq load points into that direction, sk is a lot better there.
> Dont have a crappy mobo chipset and anything over 800 mhz would be able to > do plenty filterings. I guess a P2 450 could work also.. yes, but a P2-233 should have enough HP for standard stuff, routing of 100mbit + some not so complex filtering with normal packet sizes should be possible. one can still stick a celeron 500 into the box, they are very cheap on ebay, in case changing the xl to sk is not enough. bye, siggi.
