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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To: Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net>
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Subject: Re: Throughput on kernel routing rules?
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On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Jim Dixon wrote:

> 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.

  Depending on the number and speed of the interfaces, and the average
packet size.

  It is easy to get 10Kpps per second on a single full-duplex 10BT
interface.

  It would be best to test with minimum sized packets, to figure out how
many pps FreeBSD can really handle.

> --
> Jim Dixon                  VBCnet GB Ltd           http://www.vbc.net
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> 
> 
> 

Tom