Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: network nicety | Date | Mon, 12 Oct 1998 04:04:42 +0100 (BST) |
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> We either need smarted network cards with their own high-speeds but > and routing engine, or too accept that linux will only perform no > worse than another OSs doing the same function - but probably never > as well as a dedicated bridge or router.
Oh we want to at least beat the crap out of any other device on PC hardware, and 2.1.x fastroute is pretty good at that, but at the point you hit quad 100Mbit its becoming a losing battle. So yes we can go after a cisco4K no we probably cant touch a 7K
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