From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 09:38:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EED5B106564A for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:38:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gillesw@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f222.google.com (mail-fx0-f222.google.com [209.85.220.222]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F8298FC08 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:38:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm22 with SMTP id 22so825496fxm.14 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:38:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=BWyayry7lHBgObH8w9yoCjIkCEy0yAmOe0dx7Ao9lkA=; b=RG+YqEiFZ8UfA5THZLPH5+RgbRpvH/1oOv4XFUP1lBbJT3B+BffClP7MF8Gc54A0xo ZIp1v87cvwb+bu79B1zkVk14PHfSRqSPrMRqcM7Hr2zkqf/tPosHkaIrghSV3Xs6KPF+ WKhqOnvQBwQIAsTHTRCYIUk8cSj/dZyl+Eizc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=xF+DptJsvUj94em1OGjQ3szdes272brtMPuMp9v/m0uNlh2H/QMxxk2Xglu/JlxRJx z2NRouF6rExKOVVY3zQnN0BM1+3oKt0PIZnuaJp7QXDBDA32Rth/+nHEoYw+4v8q6sZu O+hdiJq1CZXTxtq5rkldnmQ3Nc0BiSS5Rbits= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.185.84 with SMTP id b20mr1084913hbh.91.1268817174114; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:12:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <585602e11003160552v483ea17bh4ca3f4228c3f3723@mail.gmail.com> <4BA02D0F.9060807@modulus.org> From: Gilles WAGNER Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:12:39 +0100 Message-ID: To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Fwd: Choosing CPU for router X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:38:55 -0000 2010/3/17 Andrew Snow Matthias Gamsjager wrote: > >> Way over the top for simple fw and dhcpd. but how much traffic will >> be involved? >> Investing in a good nics will return more then a pricey cpu and >> motherboard (eec mem is good idea for 24/7 tho). >> > > > Agreed. > > The Supermicro Atom miniserver is more than enough CPU grunt for this sort > of routing/ipfw task. The main reason to go Xeon is if you need ECC RAM, > and even then you can get away with just using the cheapest CPU available. > > > - Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi, That's what I would choose : 2 or more atom miniserver and pfsync. But I don't know how well it can work with ipfw. Gilles