OK, so I would need 905s if I wanted to route between two 100Mbps networks.
As it happens, I have a two house network with two LEAF boxes but the bridge is 802.11b. The boxes claim 22Mbps but there is a fair amount of air and brick between the two. And those boxes are 500MHz and 233MHz. <OT> PM> > Lovely. I'll be sure to be careful :) Yes, it's annoying isn't it? There may be viruses somewhere in this text, I'm sure! Our network administrator found a new toy... That or the solicitors got involved. ... Oh right, you were also noting the lack of Zs in authorise and minimise. I've always thought our domain should be SpurSolutions.co.uk. http://www.spellingcow.com/phpBB2/about284.html Americans do love their Zeeeees ;) Then again, we do all sound like Dick Van Dyke. Honest. </OT> Thanks, James. > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Mueller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 March 2005 18:27 > To: James Neave; leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [leaf-user] Cheap NICs or Expensive NICs? > > > Quick question. > > What is this impact of cheap NICs (8139too, smc900, etc) > > instead of expensive NICs (3c905)? For instance, when > > building a NAT/firewall device to share xDSL or cable. > > Cheaper NICs have a performance penalty, usually in interrupts. > Interrupts > limit the capability of your network and increase CPU load. If you have a > Pentium 75mhz or faster then you should be OK for < 20 megabits with > cheaper > NICs. > > > The information in this email is confidential and may be > > legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. > > Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. > > unauthorized? > ^ > > If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, > > copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be > > taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. > > > > The contents of an attachment to this email may contain > > software viruses that could damage your own computer systems. > > Whilst The Spur Group of Companies has taken every > > precaution to minimise the risk, we cannot accept liability > > minimize? > ^ > > for any damage that you sustain as a result of software viruses. > > Lovely. I'll be sure to be careful :) > > Regards, > > P ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html