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From: my@dtg.nsc.com (Michael Yip)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Novell bridges ... External vs Internal
Summary: What to use?  External or internal Novell bridges?
Keywords: Novell, Bridge, Performance
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Date: 8 Aug 90 00:54:24 GMT
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Reply-To: my@cuckoo.UUCP (Michael Yip)
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Can someone tell me what the performance issues on the difference
between external bridges and internal (fileserver) bridges.
How much memory do we need for routing packets in a external bridge?
And how about an internal bridge?  What type (speed) of machine is
needed?  Will a 10 MHz 286 clone be enough?  16 MHz 386SX?  And how
about a 25 MHZ 386 clone?  

What is the external/internal bridge performance?  How many packets
can it handle on certain machine?  When will it overflow?  And
how often do the bridges broadcast bridging information?  (How long
does it take for a system to recover from a bridge failure?)

-- Mike