My system specifications is as below: - Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz 1024MB DDR RAM eth1 and eth2 is National Semiconductor eth3 and eth4 is Realtek 8139 eth5 and eth6 is Via-Rhine Stephen Hemminger wrote: > 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. > >
