On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 07:47:13AM -0500, Otto Goencz
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> The maximum number of NICs for NT is more of a system resource issue, than a
> hard set limit AFAIK. Check Point FW-1 can handle upto 63 NICs.
>
> Otto
There's a simple rule of thumb to use when figuring how much bandwidth a
system can handle... 1 megabit = 1 megahertz of CPU. So if you want to
put a quad fast ethernet card in a Sun box, be prepared to sacrifice
400Mhz of CPU to drive the card. It's been my experience that CPU is
often overlooked when people try to build multi-NIC systems.
-Phil
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike M. Quimson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 7:56 AM
> Subject: maximum no of nic per os
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> > i know this sound silly or already been posted.. but would like to know
> > if someone here knows or can direct me to a site that will tell me "the
> > maximum number of network interface card an os can handle" for mulitple
> > networks and firewall setup. i tested up to 4 in a win nt 4 but thats
> > how far i could go coz limited hardware resources. thank you!
> >
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