From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 16 13:14:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA08521 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 13:14:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (jdd@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net [194.207.2.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA08516 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 13:14:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jdd@localhost) by avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (8.8.2/8.7.3) id VAA22475; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 21:14:40 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 21:14:39 +0100 (BST) From: Jim Dixon X-Sender: jdd@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net To: Tom Samplonius cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Throughput on kernel routing rules? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > > Anyone ever done any tests to see how many packets per second FreeBSD > > > can route? > > > > We have seen something like 10-15Kpps. There is a group at MIT working > > On what kind of CPU? Since I guess such things are CPU bound... P133. It's I/O bound at these speeds. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015