10 Apr
2001
10 Apr
'01
7:35 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Greg Maxwell wrote:
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Richard A. Steenbergen wrote:
There is absolutily no (technical) reason that you cannot successfully "route" gigabit ethernet at line rate using off the shelf and extremely cheap PC technology and a bit of clue. Yes there is. Cheap = 32bit/33MHz pci today which doesn't have sufficent bandwidth for line-rate gigabit forwarding.
Would 66mhz 64bit pci fit the bill? http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/RCC_LE/370dle.htm ~$300 http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/840/PIIIDME.htm ~$600 http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tigerle_p.html ~$400 Not terribly expensive. -Dan