Re: dual pci nic with bridging
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Brian St. Pierre wrote: >> ... small managed switch with a monitor/mirror port ... > > I was hoping to put the bridge in the box, but what you suggested is > the "plan b". Put the small switch inside the computer chassis. ;-) -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: dual pci nic with bridging
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Brian St. Pierre > wrote: >> Anybody have experience with a PCI-based dual-interface NIC that does >> hardware bridging? This would be for a traffic monitoring application ... > > Not what you asked for, but: Would it be feasible to use a small > managed switch with a monitor/mirror port? That would give you much > greater hardware choice, as you wouldn't need a special network card. I was hoping to put the bridge in the box, but what you suggested is the "plan b". On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Shawn O'Shea wrote: > The only host-based thing I've seen for something like that are the Endace > DAG cards. They tout 100% packet capture since they take all the processing > off the host CPU. They are not cheap though...I think it was like 6000$ for > a dual port. > > http://www.endace.com/endace-dag-high-speed-packet-capture-cards.html Thanks for the pointer, these sound interesting even though that's >10x the cost target. -- Brian St. Pierre ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: dual pci nic with bridging
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Brian St. Pierre wrote: > Anybody have experience with a PCI-based dual-interface NIC that does > hardware bridging? This would be for a traffic monitoring application ... Not what you asked for, but: Would it be feasible to use a small managed switch with a monitor/mirror port? That would give you much greater hardware choice, as you wouldn't need a special network card. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: dual pci nic with bridging
The only host-based thing I've seen for something like that are the Endace DAG cards. They tout 100% packet capture since they take all the processing off the host CPU. They are not cheap though...I think it was like 6000$ for a dual port. http://www.endace.com/endace-dag-high-speed-packet-capture-cards.html -Shawn On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Brian St. Pierre wrote: > Anybody have experience with a PCI-based dual-interface NIC that does > hardware bridging? This would be for a traffic monitoring application, > so the host cpu must be able to snoop traffic. Software bridging is > not feasible. > > Thanks for any pointers. > > -- > Brian St. Pierre > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
