i have been comtemplating having either of the above duo 2 core or the new rb1000. Which would have a better performance. As i will be having 3 WAN links to my providers and say 2 Lan ports for hotspot users. The manual says that rb1000 would perform better than any single processor machine. what of a dual processor machine with a 2GB memory?
George
Midia Data Links
Mombasa, kenya

We have Dual core systems and we have replaced 1000s due to performance issues like that. The 1000s are great boxes, great cost and great performance. But one thing to note, is that they have 4 ethernets, you listed at least 5 Ethernets needed.

i have been comtemplating having either of the above duo 2 core or the new rb1000. Which would have a better performance. As i will be having 3 WAN links to my providers and say 2 Lan ports for hotspot users. The manual says that rb1000 would perform better than any single processor machine. what of a dual processor machine with a 2GB memory?
George
Midia Data Links
Mombasa, kenya

The argument is that most PCs use PCI for Networkcards.
This limits Network performance. So Memory does not help.
You've to use PCIe to beat RB1000.

RB1000 is a great very small box that boots faster than any pc.
It's cheap and runs with ROS (not sure with every PC).
If 4 ports are not enough combine it with a VLAN Switch
or buy 2 of them (2 use less power than a typical PC).

Stefan

I cant see any reason to waste 2 PC's price on a single router !!!!
the PCI-e is not a big deal for the most of mt users as i know ..
the big deal is the number of ethernet ports , the higher processor and the larger memory ..
above all of that : its much higher price than a powerfull PC equiped with 8 eth ports..

Many PCI busses can't handle the traffic. Most PCs use the PCI buss. Not to mention, most people use "EOL" end of life hardware and other types of PCs vs industrial hardware. Then they wonder why MT fails, when the PC they are using they put MT on it cause windows 98 stopped running fast enough!

I don't care who you are, or what kind of PC you have made, unless it was designed for routing applications, etc, its still a PC, not a router. samsoft08, you are right, lots of users the 433s and 600s are more than powerful enough. But there are QUITE a bit of users out there that need to move hundreds of megs, if not more!

I just put together a network that runs over 400meg of UDP traffic all the time! And that is just for cameras! Not to mention around 4-5 network connections between all of their locations at each network. Hence why there is a need for high end stuff.

i wonder why you are looking for equipments less than $1000 and you are running 100s of Megs ??
I really dont know what RB1000 made for ???
its way less flexible than a PC , much higher price..
I would buy RB1000 only and only if I need a very small size , low power consupmption router ..

http://www.portwell.com/products/detail ... 1=NAR-5612

This is what we use for our routers... Just use an IDE DOM to run RouterOS...

and sure you can build a PC "router" for under $1,000.. But if you want performance and reliability I wouldn't stake my claim on a $500 PC "router". I'd get a purpose built device.

A 32bit PCI Bus @ 33Mhz is able to push 133MB/s or 1064Mb/s (~1Gbps).. not including any overhead.. So really you won't see any slow downs from the PCI bus unless you're pushing hundreds of Mbps through the router..

You can get the device listed above for ~1,000 USD depending on configuration.