ro0ot wrote: > Hi all, > > I have one bridge system (used for controlling bandwidth) connected to > three different DSL ISP provider. I have the following setup below: - > > +-------------+ > | br0 | > | -> eth1 | -> DSL_1 > | -> eth2 | > +-------------+ > | br1 | > | -> eth3 | -> DSL_2 > | -> eth4 | > +-------------+ > | br2 | > | -> eth5 | -> DSL_3 > | -> eth6 | > +-------------+ > > br0 has eth1 and eth2; br0 has no ip address > > br1 has eth3 and eth4; br0 has no ip address > > br2 has eth5 and eth6; br0 has no ip address > > The traffic of DSL_1 ISP will pass thru br0. The traffic of DSL_2 ISP > will pass thru br1. The traffic of DSL_3 ISP will pass thru br2. > > I have a question. Is it ok I do it as above in 1 system with 3 > bridges or separate it to 3 system with each system have their own > bridge? > > Regards, > ro0ot > One system with three bridges will work fine. The only advantage of separate systems would be the increased CPU and bandwidth available. As long as you are using a fast enough processor and memory, you should be fine. A normal 32 bit/33 Mhz PCI bus peaks at about 600 Mbits/sec. Double that for 64 bit and double again for 66 Mhz (PCI-X). PCI-express, not sure yet.
