From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 11 14:21:09 2006 Return-Path: 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 0953316A42A for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:21:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mail.localelinks.com (web.localelinks.com [64.39.75.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7FAF43D49 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:21:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (adsl-072-148-013-213.sip.jan.bellsouth.net [72.148.13.213]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.localelinks.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C89EAD; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:21:07 -0600 (CST) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 6ADA261C21; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:21:06 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:21:06 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Danial Thom Message-ID: <20060111142106.GH98918@over-yonder.net> References: <20060111135626.GG98918@over-yonder.net> <20060111141015.482.qmail@web33304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060111141015.482.qmail@web33304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11-fullermd.2 Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, ann kok Subject: Re: freebsd router X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:21:09 -0000 On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 06:10:15AM -0800 I heard the voice of Danial Thom, and lo! it spake thus: > > Well thats just stupid. Clearly I'm referring to general purpose > operating systems, not custom hardware platforms. "[...] fastest router platform man has ever created" doesn't include, imply, or even allow such qualifications. State insane hyperbole, expect to get called on insane hyperbole 8-} > And I don't see any of your logic for thinking that "newer FreeBSD > versions" are faster. They're not. Well, for starters, _I_ never expressed any opinion as to whether they were. 5.x certainly isn't (but then, 5.x is slower at most things than 4.x). 6.x may be, in certain situations. And 7.x very likely will be, particularly with the work Andre is currently doing in the network stack. MP is a DECIDED advantage in routing since you can process things in parallel, and routing is a _very_ parallelizable operation, since packets are independent of each other. All of which is pretty irrelevant to the OP's question, of course. If 4.x is working for you, and you don't have a pressing need to upgrade, use 4.x. If you're not getting the performance you expect out of networking on 6.x, -net is probably a better place to ask than -isp. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.