Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 18:01:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: andrew@pubnix.net Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, andre@pipeline.ch Subject: Re: NAT for dialups? Message-ID: <199709130101.SAA11978@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970912201034.26552B-100000@guardian.fortress.org> from Andrew Webster at "Sep 12, 97 08:11:52 pm"
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> On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, IBS / Andre Oppermann wrote: > > > Richard Hodges wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Sep 1997 lashby@texramp.net wrote: > > -snip- > > > I did a quick test with ether/ether on a 486/100 with 2.2.2 It > > > worked surprisingly well. I tested web, ftp, irc, news, realaudio, > > > and MS file & print services. FTP pooped out around 400K/second, > > > about half what it should be (CPU utilization: around 30%), but > > > normal web browsing seemed as good (or better!) than before. > > > > I've done some FreeBSD routing performance test 2 weeks ago and figured > > out that a P133 with 16Megs RAM and two 3c90x FastEthernet cards can > > easy route at full (!) Ethernet speed between it. I've got about > > 8-9 Megs a second (and one segment has a little bit other traffic). > > That is impressive (try to calculate what a Cisco router costs...). > > I'm going to make more of this routing performance test with an > > controlled environment and some HSSI cards (how mutch is a SDL-T3 > > card?). > > > So all we need now is an encryption module and voila instant VPN tunnels. > > This would be an incredibly good feature that would cause people to think > twice about full blown FW and Ciscos costing $10K and up!! > As you already talk about tunnel (encrypted or not), what software is everyone here using to do tunnels on FreeBSD ? :) -- Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073
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