Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
On 4/5/07, Steve Shockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Siju George wrote:
> I wish somebody would design a simple hardware that has 24 or more NIC
> ports ( and of course WiFi ) and processor than can install OpenBSD.
> With PF then I could have a very inexpensive managed switch with ACLS
> for all hosts on the network:-)
The problem isn't just getting lots of ports on a device (usb could
probably do that), it's getting lots of ports on a device and getting
them all to run at full bandwidth.
I have been interested for quite some time in making a Switch with OpenBSD
See this post
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2007-03/2353.html
you may find this interesting
Sam Fourman Jr.
I have already done this. In essence a switch is nothing more but a big
bridge. Ofcourse, with a regular computer you are limited on how many
ports you can use, and since a switch is made for this goal...
http://www.uclinux.org/ is a collection of patches to run linux without
an MMU. It does have some restrictions though.
I've tried to analyze the original linksys firmware images, but it's
just a big heap of binary code. In both images (it has a boot and a
"software" image) the letters RNTP occur, which could be led to runtop.
Does anyone know about this runtop software?
Thanks,
Glenn
