Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 16:02:46 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Aloha Guy <alohaguy123@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD box as router adding latency Message-ID: <20040226155909.E29441@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <20040226215344.65632.qmail@web41307.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040226215344.65632.qmail@web41307.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Aloha Guy wrote: > > What do you have HZ set to (see sysctl kern.clockrate)? I think I > > remember your original message showing you using pipes and queues > > and the HZ setting can affect those. Also see if your latency > > improves if you remove all pipe and queue rules (other ipfw rules > > are OK). > > > Here is the HZ setting: > > kern.clockrate: { hz = 100, tick = 10000, profhz = 1024, stathz = 128 } > > I'm not sure how to remove the pipe since I don't think the pipe > works until the queue is defined. When I removed the queues that > are configured for the pipe, the latency is back to normal though. Like I said, remove both pipes and queues to test. However, pipes _can_ be used without queues, but that is irrelevant here. Try setting HZ to 1000 in your kernel config, recompile, reboot, and test again. You should see something between a slight improvement to a ten-fold improvement. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon(at)wolves.k12.mo.us FreeBSD: The fastest, most open, and most stable OS on the planet - Available for IA32, IA64, AMD64, PC98, Alpha, and UltraSPARC architectures - PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and S/390 under development - http://www.freebsd.org Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?
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