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On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 12:38:05PM +0000, Jimmy Stewpot wrote:
- Has anyone got any advice regarding the network performance of these
devices in real world environments. During my testing I noticed they are
using a Realtek 8139 based NIC. I personally have never had any issues
with Realtek 8139 cards in environments ranging from slow to medium/high
bandwidth utilization (40-50Mbps) however any feedback about how the
Realtek network cards perform in the Fortigate would be greatly appreciated.
This one is very hard to answer. From my experience, there are at
least 5 different models of the 8139 chips. Some will work well, and
some will give you a max throughput of around 9Kbps and can even
lockup under heavy load.
As a rule of thumb, I try to avoid that chip for servers.
- Any overall opinions or feedback from anyone that has used the device
in any production environments would be fantastic. Also if anyone knows
of any competing products I would like be very interested to know about
them.
I have heard both good and bad feedback on Fortinet products. You might
want to check the Focus-IDS mailing list at securityfocus. People there
might give you better pointers.
Best regards,
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Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob@suespammers.org>
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)
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