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icel0rd · 03-21-2002, 12:29 PM

Dude, they sell multiport PCI network cards that work as a 10/100 switch. You might want to look into those.

I'm not sure exactly how they work, but I will see if I can find it again. I'm not sure if it needs your host CPU to move the frames along or not, but I'd venture to guess that it shouldn't tax your CPU too much (well, maybe interrupts generated, but I don't know, I have seen what busy gig-e interfaces can do to processor utilization).

-Ice-

03-21-2002, 12:29 PM	#6
icel0rd Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Where even the devil wont go Posts: 103	Dude, they sell multiport PCI network cards that work as a 10/100 switch. You might want to look into those. I'm not sure exactly how they work, but I will see if I can find it again. I'm not sure if it needs your host CPU to move the frames along or not, but I'd venture to guess that it shouldn't tax your CPU too much (well, maybe interrupts generated, but I don't know, I have seen what busy gig-e interfaces can do to processor utilization). -Ice- __________________ Redhat 8 Gigabyte GA-7dpxdw+ w/dual modded AXP 1800+ CPUs running at AXP 2000+ speed 1 512 meg crucial ECC DDR 2100 1 512 meg Infineon PC2700 Sblive Value Geforce 4 Ti4600 Deskstar 60 gig drive (1)K4.1 waterblock (.5" barbs) (1) Maze 3 waterblock (.5" barbs) Black Ice Rad TopFin 250gph pump 1/2" OD Vinyl hose (yep, vinyl)