From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 13 21:23:46 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 21:23:43 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mnmai05.mn.mediaone.net (mnmai05.mn.mediaone.net [24.131.1.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C08437B698 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 21:23:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from bschilling (nic-163-c184-217.mn.mediaone.net [24.163.184.217]) by mnmai05.mn.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id AAA19473 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 00:23:37 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001701c0658e$d2ea3660$2764a8c0@mn.mediaone.net> From: "Robert Schilling" To: Subject: natd performance Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:29:25 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0014_01C0655C.87E37000" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C0655C.87E37000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am not sure if this is exaclty the right list for this question, but = it's worth a shot.... Anyway, I have a small network setup with natd and a cable modem, and = everything works pretty slick. I have a question dealing with = performance.... During streaming applications (online gaming comes to mind since I host = a lan every month with this small setup) natd seems as if it cannot keep = up. There will be seconds (never more than 1) of lag that are not = accountable for. I previously used linux for my gateway to the internet, = which seemed to have no problem with the streaming applications. I was = wondering if there is a faster implementation I could use as my gateway = with freebsd. I have been reading about ipfw and ipfilter. Would = ipfilter be any faster in this case?and is it easy to implement? or is = there a way to speed up the nat translation using natd? Any help is = appreciated, or any other lists I could post this on for an answer is = also.Thanks ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C0655C.87E37000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I am not sure if this is exaclty the = right list for=20 this question, but it's worth a shot....

Anyway, I have a small network setup = with natd and=20 a cable modem, and everything works pretty slick. I have a question = dealing with=20 performance....

During streaming applications (online = gaming comes=20 to mind since I host a lan every month with this small setup) natd seems = as if=20 it cannot keep up. There will be seconds (never more than 1) of lag that = are not=20 accountable for. I previously used linux for my gateway to the internet, = which=20 seemed to have no problem with the streaming applications. I was = wondering if=20 there is a faster implementation I could use as my gateway with freebsd. = I have=20 been reading about ipfw and ipfilter. Would ipfilter be any faster in = this=20 case?and is it easy to implement? or is there a way to speed up the nat=20 translation using natd? Any help is appreciated, or any other lists I = could post=20 this on for an answer is also.Thanks

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