[linux] Multi-port NICs?

[Doug McLean]

FWIW, I second everything that David said.  :)

David Talkington wrote:
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> Garrett Cooper wrote:
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>>    Overall it appears as if the BSDs might be a better set of routers due
>> to their kernel:
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> FreeBSD and OpenBSD are excellent choices for networking.  Linux 
> advanced networking, being cutting-edge, is generally more kludgy and 
> less well documented.  Some things that are bolt-ons in Linux are design 
> features of the BSD kernels (transparent bridging with filtering, for 
> example).
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> Caveats, though: if you're planning to use NAT and you're a gamer, 
> you'll prefer Linux as a router.  FreeBSD's NAT implementation is 
> user-space, rather than integrated, and it has trouble with stateful 
> inspection of UDP.  That makes things like online Playstation gaming 
> troublesome to set up.  If you don't care about this, the BSDs are slick.
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