On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 07:11:20PM -0700, Dan Hollis wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Robert G. Fisher wrote:
> > 3) My knowledge of the PC architecture is probably not the highest on
> > the list -- assuming a 100 MHz bus with 100Mhz SDRAM slots -- are
> > there any concerns on the actual bus performance?
>
> Not really, most embedded routers are much slower. Eg most ciscos until
> you get into the 7xxx range. If a cisco 3640 can handle HSSI then so can a
> PC.
There's the rub -- I'm highly interested in knowing how to use Linux on
either a PC or on some other architecture (with a lower cost than the
7xxx series) to provide the same functionality I would achieve on some
of the 7xxx series -- the 7507 and 7513 come to mind -- albeit their
will likely be a bus issue -- or even more likely -- just a limited
number of slots in most motherboard configurations.
The 3640 from what I understand, although it will accept more than 4
T1's via multi-T1 cards, seems to have a bus that is designed/optimized
for 4 T1's.
Does anyone have experience with both the higher end Cisco's and with
Linux routing? Personally my experience with Cisco's routers has only
reached the 16xx, 25xx, and 26xx.
--
Robert G. Fisher NEOCOM Microspecialists Inc.
System Administrator/Programmer (540) 666-9533 x 116
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