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. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech -- Alex Hajnal Network Administrator DataSynapse Voice: 212-204-5858 Mobile: 347-753-4941 View the DataSynapse privacy statement: http://www.datasynapse.com/emailprivacy.html _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
