[ale] Re: Multi-drop PPPoE (Re: Mind/link DSL and linux?) -- 386-486sx/dx

[Joe Knapka]

buggz wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Joe Knapka wrote:
> 
> I'm really not understanding how everyone is using a pos 386 or 486 as a
> router.
> How are you going to get a pair of nics worth having in such a machine ?
> Am I mis-understanding here ?
> I thought most 100mb nics are pci.

True, but most home networks are 10mbps, I'd guess, and certainly
ISDN, ADSL, or cable routers are not going to need 100mbps interfaces
when the outbound media top out at <2mbps. Even a 16Mhz 386
ought to be able to push that kind of data volume around without
much trouble.

My firewall/router is a P75 with the L2 cache disabled (won't
boot if I enable it), and a pair of 10mbps nics. It's actually
slower bogomips-wise than my old 486DX33, but it does the job.

-- Joe

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