Re: network nicety

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 14:41:39 +1300


On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 12:55:24AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> Personally Im unconvinced a PC is ever going to be a decent bridge.

The same can be said of routing (at high speeds), especially when you
have to start doing QoS and other bits and pieces.

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.

-cw

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