Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:47:10 +1100 From: Michael Vince <mv@roq.com> To: JD Bronson <jbronson@wixb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using freebsd for a router Message-ID: <43867B2E.3070501@roq.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20051124083015.00c080f8@sixcompanies.com> References: <6.2.5.6.2.20051124083015.00c080f8@sixcompanies.com>
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JD Bronson wrote: > I dont want to start a flame/war here...but was *just* wondering... > > I currently use OpenBSD-3.8 for my router (T-1 with many statics) and > then use FreeBSD-6.0 for my servers (web/mail/DNS...) > > I am debating on just standardizing to all FreeBSD. > > It seems the security is quite the same - but I dont know about > performance pros/cons. > > It seems that the 'pf' that comes with FreeBSD 6.0 is equal to that > within OBSD 3.8. > > So all things considered - is there any advantage to using FreeBSD for > a router or just keeping things the way they are....? > > Thanks for any comments or flames (I suppose). > > -JD > If you want to push a serious amount of traffic though FreeBSD as router I recommend you use polling, after doing benchmarks I found polling helped push through many magnitudes more data when going past the 100mbit/sec point. Mike
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