From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Oct 22 04:10:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA23024 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 22 Oct 1997 04:10:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from freefall.pipeline.ch (freefall.pipeline.ch [195.134.128.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA23010 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 1997 04:10:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andre@pipeline.ch) Received: from opi ([195.134.128.41]) by freefall.pipeline.ch (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA7621; Wed, 22 Oct 1997 13:08:24 +0200 Message-ID: <344DDECD.E31D3FFC@pipeline.ch> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 13:09:01 +0200 From: "IBS / Andre Oppermann" Organization: Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nicolai Petri CC: freebsd-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Routing thru a FreeBSD? X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <41256538.00360C59.00@mail.micon.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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