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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:41:57 +0100
From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
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Subject: Re: [4.9-R]Can I Make My DSL Connect Go Faster ?
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On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 03:29:58PM -0400, The Jetman wrote:
>     I'm just confused as to why I lose SO much going thru my FBSD box and
> that's essence of my question.  I can live w/ *some* overhead for the sake
> of using FBSD, but this is ridiculous.  TIA....Jet

Are you using user space NAT? If so, this might account for some of the
poor performance. Try reconfiguring your system to use IPFILTER, or
consider updating to 5-CURRENT and trying pf(4).

Regards,
BMS