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From: Peter Kieser <pfak@telus.net>
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Subject: Re: Performance/lockup issues with FreeBSD as a router
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Quoting Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>:

> On Thu, May 26, 2005 2:52 pm, Peter Kieser said:
> 
> > I've tried without fast forwarding, I've tried without the TCP sendspace
> > as well as reducing it to 65K, I let maxusers auto tune itself and I've
> > even tried uping the KVA space.
> >
> > I'm at a loss, what would be the ideal sysctl's/loader.conf for a router
> > thats doing a fair amount of traffic?
> 
> Have you tried different network cards?
> 
> 
> 

Yes, I have -- some fxp and ed cards.