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Date:      Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:00:52 -0500
From:      Matthew Bettinger <mbettinger@championelevators.com>
To:        Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD as router - performance vs hardware routers
Message-ID:  <200308141000.52989.mbettinger@championelevators.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030814104618.T20039@alpha.yumyumyum.org>
References:  <1060871994.5979.12.camel@alexandria> <20030814104618.T20039@alpha.yumyumyum.org>

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On Thursday 14 August 2003 09:50 am, Kenneth Culver wrote:
> > 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?

I'm using openbsd now but have ran freebsd as a router with minimal 
hardware.  P133 32 megs of ram.  30 dollar box.  4 network cards.

Based on prior discussions regarding minimal hardware, I think the main 
thing to pay attention to is the type and brand of network cards you 
are going to be using.  I would stay away from those interrupter from 
hell  rl0 cards.  You won't be able to budge a 30-40 dollar pentium box 
with 32 or more megs of ram with your cable modem connection.  
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Matthew Bettinger
System Administrator
Champion Elevators, Inc.
Houston, Texas 77061
713.640.8500
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