Re: Fortinet's fortigate 100 devices

[Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob () suespammers org>]

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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,

- -- 
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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