From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 26 19:39:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7945516A4CE for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:39:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from shellma.zin.lublin.pl (shellma.zin.lublin.pl [212.182.126.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBC1A43D3F for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:39:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pawmal-posting@freebsd.lublin.pl) Received: by shellma.zin.lublin.pl (Postfix, from userid 1018) id E9FB4347E01; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:39:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:39:57 +0200 From: Pawel Malachowski To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041026193957.GB91134@shellma.zin.lublin.pl> References: <20041026153108.GA91134@shellma.zin.lublin.pl> <417E7B65.3050607@he.iki.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <417E7B65.3050607@he.iki.fi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: PPTP/PPPoE mpd/poptop performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:39:58 -0000 On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 07:29:25PM +0300, Petri Helenius wrote: > Although I'm not expert on mpd, I couldn't resist mentioning that not > all MHz are created equal and you probably achieve more performance > difference by carefully choosing a well performing NIC than the absolute > MHz on the box. As I said, we are talking about 5-10Mbit bandwith, NIC performance is not so important (however, I use fxp(4) and dc(4) everywhere:)). In this case, CPU power may be quite significant because of encryption. That's why I'm looking for feedback from sysadmins of PPTP or PPPoE hubs utilizong mpd or poptop, working in production environment. Just to know, what can I expect from my old Celeron 300MHz etc., before I decide to touch this. :) -- Paweł Małachowski