Anyone know if there are plans for Soekris to release a box with multiple Gb 
interfaces?  Specifically I'm looking for something that could be used to do 
simple routing (static routes or OSPF) across 4 to 8 Gb ports with maybe 2 or 
3 Gb sustained throughput.

On Wednesday 18 February 2009 11:38:29 Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> RB wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:14, Gerald Leier <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> >> I am looking toward the net4501 and its mini-pci socket and am wondering
> >> if there are gigabit-friendly NICs available, and supported for this
> >> form factor.
> >
> > As has been noted many times on this list, there's no way the 4501
> > will push gigabit speeds, it caps out somewhere between 25 and 35Mbps,
> > depending on who's testing and how.  The 33MHz PCI bus will just
> > barely push 1Gbps itself.  If you need gigabit, look elsewhere; if
> > you're just trying to avoid an MTU mismatch, there are gigabit
> > mini-pci cards (like Commell's MP-541-d) available a simple search
>
> Which is intel 82541 and supports jumbo out to 16k consistent with most
> other intel gbe chipsets.
>
> this gets a lot simpler to source with a full sized pci slot, if it were
> me I'd use a 4801 (while you still can) or a 5501. for more or less that
> reason.
>
> > away.  Be careful with power requirements - GbE draws considerably
> > more current, as much as 1W more.
>
> yeah a larger wall wart is in order.
>
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