Quoting Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 21:30 +1000, Minh Van Le wrote:
> > Do people know of any good Linux compatible multiport NICs I can > use ? > > I suspect most just work these days. I hope so :) I am not very good at configuring modules and IO/IRQ which seem complex to me. > > Or are there any other suggestions ? > > I would just do > > ADSL Router > | > Linux server > | > Hub > PC's. > > Massively simpler, less equipment needed. That's true. The default route on the Linux server would ultimately pipe all internet-bound traffic via 1 port/link. This isn't much concern when I can only get 2 mbits out of my ADSL2+ connection (ie. the internet downstream/upstream remains slower than my LAN). But if I set up Squid or other centralised services on the Linux server the multiport NICs would better balance the requests at 100 mbits between other segments on the internal network. It would take a while to build the cache but once done hopefully it'll optimise internet usage for everybody on my network. So I was trying to implement a kind of interactive poor-man's CISCO :) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
