running redhat 8.0 linux 1.4 kernel
does anybody know if a Linux box with a pentium process can keep up 6MB of
bidirectional forwarding? should I be considering a hardward replacement here?
There is VERY little detail in your question, so the answers are not going to be worth much. For instance, did you mean MB (megabytes) or Mb (megabits)? Boy, does that make a difference. Also, you didn't say which processor, which OS, which network cards... in short, you said nothing.
For what it's worth, I have a little P166 with 32 MB RAM on my desk with a 3Com 3C509B network adapter running in a half-duplex 10 Mbps network. RH 9 (Shrike) is installed on the system and it is configured as a minimal system and firewall. This system is EASILY capable of moving 750 KBps sustained transfer over that network, which is about 6 Mbps, which is itself about as high as you're going to get with half-duplex 10bT.
My guess is that your box is probably more than OK for that task. If, however, the uptime of that link and the continued data transfer is very important to you, then perhaps you might want to change the hardware out of the simple fear that six-year-old hardware is more likely to fail than new, $200 hardware.
Next time, more detail in the question.
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