From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Jan 11 13:46:51 2006
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A8016A41F
	for <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:46:51 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from lists@yazzy.org)
Received: from mail.yazzy.org (mail.yazzy.org [217.8.140.16])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2387D43D48
	for <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:46:50 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from lists@yazzy.org)
Received: from [84.247.144.144] (helo=marcin)
	by mail.yazzy.org with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256)
	(YazzY.org) id 1EwgIx-0005QR-0E; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:46:23 +0100
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:46:47 +0100
From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>
To: danial_thom@yahoo.com
Message-Id: <20060111144647.10970c5f.lists@yazzy.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060111131621.94640.qmail@web33309.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <20060111031613.42819.qmail@web53312.mail.yahoo.com>
	<20060111131621.94640.qmail@web33309.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Organization: YazzY.org
X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.4 (GTK+ 2.8.9; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0)
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-)
Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: freebsd router
X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Internet Services Providers <freebsd-isp.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp>,
	<mailto:freebsd-isp-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-isp>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-isp-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp>,
	<mailto:freebsd-isp-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:46:51 -0000

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:16:21 -0800 (PST)
Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> --- ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all
> > 
> > I think this group might be correct to ask the
> > performance of freebsd as router 
> > 
> > I have run freebsd 4.11 as router for 3 years.
> > I like
> > freebsd because it is more stable and its
> > security.
> > Recently, the bandwidth grows to stop about
> > 383M in
> > mrtg graph and have packet loss when it reaches
> > to
> > 370M
> > 
> > I am trying to use freebsd 6.0. Could you help
> > how to
> > tune the freebsd to have high network
> > throughput? I
> > test the throughput by ipref software. the max
> > is
> > about 390M
> > 
> > I configure polling, loader.conf and use the 
> > Intel(R)
> > Pentium 3.0 Hz, intel Giga em0, sata drive with
> > 2G
> > memory
> > 
> > Thank you for your help
> 
> Stop wasting your time and stay with FreeBSD
> 4.11. Its the fastest router platform Man has
> ever created, and its likely to say that way. 

What makes you think it's faster than other/newer releases of FreeBSD
or any other O.S?
Sounds to me like you're trolling.

> If you are using FreeBSD 4.11 for 3 years you will
> be very unhappy
> 
> Please don't use polling for a router. Good
> grief! Intel cards have built-in interrupt
> moderation. If you are pushing more than 100Kpps
> then you should increase your receive rings to
> 512. Otherwise just use the defaults in 4.11 for
> your best efficiency of your system.