Volker Borchert writes:
#In message <15113.9659.786965.926036@maes.adc-itcl.ce.philips.com> you write:
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#|> a while ago i got my hands on a SS1+ and tried RH6.2.
#|> wasted a couple of good weekends on it but couldn't even get it to
#|> boot properly.
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#And if you had, its performance wood have been poor compared
#to *BSD or SunOS.
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#|> i'm intending to use this as a small router.
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#How small? I.e. just a 9k6 analog, or a 622m ATM?
#

this would be a broadband cable hook-up.

#|> does this make any sense ? or is the poor old thing just way too slow.
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#It should handle a 56k analog or 128k ISDN fine, depending
#on the complexity of your filtering/NAT/whatever rules.
#
#|> a simple ping returns w/ a delay of 2-3 ms. while on my other pc's
#|> it's less than a ms.
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#Do these other pc's have 100 MBit network cards?
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#Keep in mind that the SS1+ has only a 10 MBit network on board.
#(Its CPU wouldn't be able to handle a 100 MBit card anyway.)
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that's what i'm a bit afraid of.
it would have to serve two 10Mbit connections.
and i had the plan of running some other services on there.
caching dns etc...

#Besides from decreasing raw network throughput compared to a
#100 Mbit el-cheapo PC card, thus increasing the time needed to
#transmit a packet of given size, it may also force your switch
#or dual-speed hub into store-and-forward mode which may add a
#delay more or less noticeable depending on the device's design.
#

okay i get the message.
i'll keep the SS1 as a plaything and use an old 486 or so
for the cable connection. 

tnx jo