Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 22:41:36 +1100 From: Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au> To: "Tolpanov, Dmitry" <tdn@stack.ru> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Router based on FreeBSD. Message-ID: <3C15F0F0.2090209@quake.com.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112110400040.14453-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>
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Tolpanov, Dmitry wrote: > > >I've got a very complex problem so every advice is appreciated. >I've got a router on 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD. It's got hardware (in short): >- Intel Pentium III 500 MHz >- NIC 3Com 10/100 in 100baseTX <full-duplex> >- NIC 3Com 10/100 in 100baseTX <full-duplex> >- NIC 3Com 10/100 in 100baseTX <full-duplex> >- NIC 3Com 900 Combo 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> >- NIC 3Com 900 Combo 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> > >Sometimes through this router network works slowly and it is natural >right thing. Therefore we are going to split router on two. Hmmm when you say slow, how slow are you talking??? And what kind of load does this router get? I mean its obviously got at least 5 subnets or more, but what kind of loads?? When its going slowly what kind of ping times do you get accross it?? Also are you sure its the router thats the bottle neck here? What kind of network is it attached to? Hubs, Switches, what brands are they?? The reason I ask is because a P3 500 is a lot faster than most of the processors you would find in hardware routers, I dont see how it could be noticably slow.. But I dont really know how much traffic your getting... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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