Are these units available for purchase in the US?
> I just setup a couple of Teak 3258 boxes and I've been pretty happy with > them. They're 1U rack-mount and fanless: > http://www.arinfotek.com/product/product.asp?idx=2002&pid=17 > > I actually needed more than 4 network ports on one system, but I > cheated. I run 4 802.1q VLANs over eth2, which gives me 6 usable > interfaces (eth0-1 & vlan2-5) and leaves eth3 as a spare. > > You might be able to do something similar with the boxes that only have > 2 or 3 interfaces if you've got a switch that supports tagged VLANs. I > had to upgrade my switch (to a NetGear GS724T) to support VLANs, but I > got to migrate to GigE in the process. :) > > For traffic going mostly to and from the internet, sending multiple > networks through the same interface using VLANs doesn't cause any > traffic congestion...at least on my cable-modem which maxes out around > 5-6 MBits/s (vs 100 MBit ethernet ports). > > -- Marvin Horst ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
