[SunRescue] qfe on LX, Classic, or IPX?

[Gil Young]

I had an official word from Sun that they did not support the QFE on a SS4, 
but would on a SS5.  I imagine it would have to do with the motherboard 
design more than anything, but could have CPU considerations as well (e.g. 
probably not work on an IPX or that genre of CPU).

FWIW,
Gil

At 11:43 AM 3/30/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >>Anyone know if qfe boards, specifically 501-4302 (version 1.0) will work
> >>on a LX, Classic, or IPX?  Plan is to build a ipfilter/ipnat box with it.
>
>I've only heard peripheral complaints about using QFE boards on Sun4m
>(LX/Classic) but I do know people are using them.  I'm not sure if they work
>on Sun4c (IPX).
>
>As for using this to build and filter/NAT box it all depends on how many
>users you are going to have on it.
>
>I've looked around for data on this for my home network and unless you're
>running 200+ users the LX or Classic should be fine.  I would suggest
>running something other than Solaris on the box though.  A lot of people run
>NetBSD or OpenBSD on those machines because it runs a little faster than
>Solaris.
>
>Just my $.02. ;-)
>
>Mike Hebel
>
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Gil Young
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