From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 30 07:55:38 2004 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 6BD8D16A4CE for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:55:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.esiee.fr (mail.esiee.fr [147.215.1.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C18E243D6A for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:55:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from f.bonnet@esiee.fr) Received: from localhost.esiee.fr (localhost.esiee.fr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.esiee.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21BA3658F4; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:55:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.esiee.fr (localhost.esiee.fr [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.esiee.fr (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.16) id 06347-2FDE0D41; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:55:36 +0100 Received: from [147.215.1.13] (desolation.esiee.fr [147.215.1.13]) by mail.esiee.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E7013658C5; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:55:36 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <41AC2778.4040307@esiee.fr> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:55:36 +0100 From: Frank Bonnet User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr-FR; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 X-Accept-Language: fr-fr, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Moran References: <41AB3354.4010302@esiee.fr> <20041129093917.222ccad8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200411291844.36416.ostap@radiant.ru> <20041129100506.29d2da5f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <45624.194.168.3.18.1101745265.squirrel@194.168.3.18> <20041129113729.64d8c3ae.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20041129113729.64d8c3ae.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.28.0.18; VDF: 6.28.0.97; host: mail.esiee.fr) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple router ? 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: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:55:38 -0000 Bill Moran wrote: > >>There have been quite a lot of threads in the past month regarding the >>network performance of 5.3 being inferior to 4.10. >> >>You might also want to bear in mind that with the 5 series you have >>the benefit of OpenBSD's pf firewall. Although more information on 4.x >>and pf is available at the following link. >> >>http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2004-September/000300.html >> >>Personally, if it was me, I'd go with 5.x rather than 4.x, but if you >>are going to be pushing a lot of data then perhaps search the archives >>for the last month or two regarding network performance. > > > I'm not sure if this is 100% correct anymore. I seem to remember that > the performance problems were in 5.3BETA and were fixed prior to the > release of 5.3-RELEASE. > > I'm willing to be corrected if I'm wrong, but I think research of > reliable sources would be smart. > Well ... I forgot to say I need this router for few weeks only it will be replaced by a cisco box when I will be able to purchase it ,-) So I think a conservative choice would be the best for me in the light of advices I got from people of this list. So I'll build the router on 4.10 base as I really don't need extra features than routing . Thanks a lot guys Frank -- Cordialement/Regards Frank Bonnet