Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 13:09:01 +0200 From: "IBS / Andre Oppermann" <andre@pipeline.ch> To: Nicolai Petri <npp@neg-micon.dk> Cc: freebsd-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Routing thru a FreeBSD? Message-ID: <344DDECD.E31D3FFC@pipeline.ch> References: <41256538.00360C59.00@mail.micon.dk>
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Nicolai Petri wrote: > > Is it possible to setup a FreeBSD to make highperformance routing > between 2 > 100Mbit Nets ???? Could it be as fast as Cisco IOS??? Yes yes yes, it is possible! I've done some performance tests in the past with 2.2.2 on a P5-133/ 16MB/1GB/PCI/2 3c90x set up as router and firewall. I've got more than 8 MegaBytes/s through with FTP (that is pure data, you have to add the FTP/IP/Ethernet overhead), that is almost the maximum 100M Ethernet bandwidth. The CPU was av. 0.02! -- Andre Oppermann CEO / Geschaeftsfuehrer Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) Hardstrasse 235, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland Fon +41 1 277 75 75 / Fax +41 1 277 75 77 http://www.pipeline.ch ibs@pipeline.ch
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