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therefore try to concentrate games with the support of IPv6 at the game.ipv6.czserver (at present, there is the FICS 8 chess server and the GTetrinet 9 game).In the future, we would like to focus on other areas of application, e.g., videoconferences.5.5 IPv6 Routers on PC PlatformThis partial task stems from the last year‘s project titled Routers on PC Platformand also the long-term experience with the application of software PC routersin Brno academic computer network.Basically, the following two factors are obstructing further expansion of PC routersin modern gigabit networks:1. Performance: as regards standard PCs, we are limited by the throughputof the PCI bus (approx. 1 Gbps) and the slow response of the interrupt system.2. User interface for configuration: Parameters and commands configuringthe network subsystem of the Linux or BSD operating systems and variousdaemons are dispersed in a number of files and scripts. In addition, thesefiles and scripts of various systems differ and there are considerable differences,also, between various distributions of the same operating system.On the other hand, commercial routers have sophisticated command-lineand other configuration interfaces.5.5.1 Hardware Routing AcceleratorA pure software solution of PC routers is based on the PC architecture, suitablenetwork interface cards and an operating system of the Unix type (NetBSD,FreeBSD, Linux). Packet switching (data plane) and the router control (controlplane) takes place in software. On the other hand, we have designed packetswitching in the hardware accelerator, with control functions provided by thehost computer software. The advantages of this architecture are in the combinationof the high performance of the hardware accelerator with the flexibility,user-friendly control and reliability of software routers.The COMBO6 CardThe main requirements concerning the hardware accelerator were as follows:high performance in packet switching, simple and flexible implementation, pos-8http://www.freechess.org/9http://gtetrinet.sourceforge.net/72 High-speed National Research Network and its New Applications <strong>2002</strong>

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