From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 14 08:52:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E95737B401 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:52:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F28D443FB1 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:52:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from pooh.honeypot.net.strauser.com (kirk@pooh.honeypot.net [10.0.5.128]) by kanga.honeypot.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7EFqc8k056508 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:52:38 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1060871994.5979.12.camel@alexandria> From: Kirk Strauser Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:52:37 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1060871994.5979.12.camel@alexandria> (J. Seth Henry's message of "14 Aug 2003 10:39:55 -0400") Message-ID: <877k5gb5iy.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> Lines: 24 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Subject: Re: FreeBSD as router - performance vs hardware routers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:52:41 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2003-08-14T14:39:55Z, "J. Seth Henry" writes: > What I'm not sure about is performance. Has anyone built a cable modem > gateway router using FreeBSD and "low-end" hardware like this? If so, what > were your results? Under full load, the (old) machine never uses more than 1 or 2% CPU - including interrupt servicing. It moves along nicely. The reason that I tend to prefer "soft" routers is that if you need extra functionality, it's usually very easy to add it. A friend just replaced a FreeBSD box with a Linksys SOHO router and was kind of peeved to realize that he lost: 1) DHCP that's more than trivially configurable 2) The ability to send signed nameserver updates whenever his IP changes 3) IPv6 4) Totally configurable NAT and firewalling For most people, those probably aren't things that would be missed. I'd hate to lose any of them. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/O7BF5sRg+Y0CpvERAi4wAJ0Q71b5p8nA2fuOx6PT5kR5f4xKNwCfUfZ9 IpVrh3kCGbkEexM+DBPH7+E= =2oL7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--