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From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
To: Sanuri Dananja <sanudan91@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Please help
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On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 12:48:42PM +0530, Sanuri Dananja wrote:
> Hi sir,
> I'm trying to setup netmap on my machine on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and having
> difficulties. I don't understand much as I am not a networking student.
> Could you please help me with the installation?
> My NICs are as follows:
> Wired: Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20)
> Wireless: Atheros AR9002WB-1NG Wireless Network Adapter
> Can netmap be used with wireless connection?
> Can it be used with my NICs?
> I saw this on your website: " we provide an emulated mode on top of
> standard drivers.". Even though I didn't understand it exactly, I felt like
> your system can support any NIC.
> Our project is a tracking service provider optimized in performance,
> security and reliability. My goal is to achieve at least 1 million client
> connections per second.
> Could you please help me? This is kind of urgent because we have to finish
> our project within next 3 months.
> Thank you!

i don't think netmap is useful for your project,
at least unless you plan to do something very special
(which you probably won't given the above description).

cheers
luigi

> Regards,
> Sanuri
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