This is not a linux question, but is relevant to the question of how one might build a fast router out of a large number of processors running linux. I imagine a fast link coming to a very simple hardware device that just distributes the bandwidth equally among a large number of slower links where they can be routed at lower speeds. Then we probably need the inverse device that merges a large number of slow links into one fast one. This seems slightly more complex in that it requires a little more memory and scheduling. 1. where does one find such split/merge devices? I suppose they must exist. Cost? References? 2. is this even close to economical ? Note that it does have one big advantage over commercial routers: the user can program it. Which raises 3. are there other fast routers that users can program? and 4. are devices similar to what I propose already available ? _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/