Sandman.
1. One of the Compaq ML series boxes should support 10 pci network cards.
Secure Computing has specifically tested the Compaq ML370 so you could get
one of the higher end boxes in the ML series.
2. They support the Znyx ZX346Q, Quad port.
The operating system is a heavily modified version of BSD 4.1. The key is
how much traffic do you expect. You can get the Intel acceleration cards
for the Sidewinder but I don't know if it would meet the speed
requirements. You could try load balancing several Sidewinders but that
would be a very complicated network setup.
Regards,
Jeffery Gieser
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In a message dated 11/21/2000 7:08:10 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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> You can have 40 seperated networks on a Sidewinder
> (www.securecomputing.com). The software can handle up to ten network
cards
> with four ports per card. You would need to do some interesting acls
but
> it is very possible. I don't have a clue what the performance would be
and
> doing this with any real firewall is going to be a support nightmare.
So this is a software solution. Very nice!
But... does the PC bus supports such a need for bandwidth? (40...50
Fast
Eth, plus the filtering stuff, plus logging and maybe some other things)
I've heard that some people were trying to build such "software
firewalls" using PCs and Linux, *BSD or some other nice OS, but the problem
was always if the PC is actually able to support such a high traffic when
you
really have ^many^ interfaces.
Is there anyone who succeeded to put many interfaces in a PC (running
Linux or *BSD)? I mean, at least 16...20 Fast Eth... I see at least two
problems here:
1. how many PCI cards can you actually fit into a PC box? 5? 6?
2. those nice 4-interfaces-per-card from Intel - are they actually
supported by the chosen OS?
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