Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Router for ssh tunnel/SOCKS proxy

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

On Monday 08 January 2007 11:43, Dan <dan@×××××××××.cx> wrote about 'Re: 
[gentoo-user] [OT] Router for ssh tunnel/SOCKS proxy':
> "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net> wrote:
> > if you want to take advantage of
> > gigabit speeds (or more than a dozen 100mbit ports) you'll definitely
> > want a dedicated solution -- the PCI bus just can't keep up.  Maybe
> > there's a solution in PCIe or PCI-X, since they do increase
> > bandwidth, but I've yet to see a standard PC configured to handle
> > that much bandwidth.
>
> If you have the router between LAN segments at gigabit speeds, and need
> to route more than 132MB/S worth of data transfer

Like, moving my rather large collection of video from one computer to 
another? Or, simply watching HD video from your NAS on 2-3 frontends at 
the same time?  Actually, just about anything involving a NAS and any rael 
workload.

> good luck finding a PC with 10 pci slots so
> that you can achieve gigabit speeds on 100-tx hardware ;)

You needn't have 10 pci slots.  Many companies sell 4-port 10/100 ethernet 
cards (I have one that a number of years old in the next room).  I'm 
fairly sure higher numbers of ports are available, although they are rare.  
4-port 10/100/1000 ethernet cards (PCIe or PCI-X, IIRC) are also 
available.

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