Wow,
That is a really nice solution at http://www.kd85.com/liantec.html.
The only problem that I would have with that in my scenario is that
the NIC's dont support checksum offloading via the if_em driver. Just
something to be aware of. For home use this really isnt an issue, but
I have found that for corporate use with multiple GigE connections and
1000000+ states, one can use all the help they can get from the
hardware.
-Joel Robison
On Nov 5, 2007, at 11:11 PM, Craig Drown wrote:
Hi,
we've just installed a Liantec box from Wim Vandeputte at kd85.com in
Belguim and it's fantastic.
Has 4 x 1Gbps Intel NICs.
His throughput graphs using pfsense are worth a look (375mbps!) :
http://www.kd85.com/liantec.html
We're running a full install with a 2.5" hard drive but it has a CF
slot too.
Vim is very helpful.
Cheers,
Craig
On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:33:40 -1000, Jeremy Bennett appears to have
written:
Thanks everyone for the help. I'm going to start with a ALIX.2C3 from
Netgate when they are available next week. As they are more
affordable than the FX5620 I'll be able to stock spares, though I do
look forward to finding a stateside vendor for a 6 lan port model.
On Nov 5, 2007, at 12:12 PM, Chris Buechler wrote:
Jeremy Bennett wrote:
Anders,
Thank you for your firsthand account. I was looking at this unit,
but concerned about the realtek nics... I've had problems with
those in the past, but if it works for you, then I'm interested.
Are you able to use each of the 6 lan ports on this unit as a
different interface/subnet in PFsense? If so, PFsense makes this a
heavy duty little box.
I stated it somewhere in a forum post recently I believe, the
Realtek NIC's in embedded hardware always seem to be very reliable
(contrary to some of the wide array of PCI cards with Realtek
chipsets that are out there).
I have multiple embedded devices with Realtek NIC's from vendors on
our recommended vendors page, including a FX5620, and they're all
rock solid. I use mine as a VLAN router at home, trunk on the gig
interface with other network segments coming into other interfaces.
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