Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 12:49:04 +0400 From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Jonathan Graehl <jonathan@graehl.org> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ipfilter nat vs ipfw divert + natd performance Message-ID: <20010529124904.A94542@comp.chem.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <000001c0e7e6$6fb1ee00$6dfeac40@straylight.com>; from jonathan@graehl.org on Mon, May 28, 2001 at 07:24:05PM -0700 References: <000001c0e7e6$6fb1ee00$6dfeac40@straylight.com>
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Hi Jonathan, On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 07:24:05PM -0700, Jonathan Graehl wrote: > I've set up an old Pentium to NAT my little brother's cablemodem using > ipfw/natd. Would I see much better performance from ipfilter? (I > assume that in-kernel NAT would be faster and have more consistent > latency than a user process which might not be scheduled for a while?) > The family does play a game of Tribes now and then, so unpredictable > 10ms delays would not be fun for them. I'd suggest you measure the performance parameters (packet delay, CPU time spent in interrupts etc) for the two cases, and send a small report here ;-) -- Yar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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