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Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Paul <paul@gtcomm.net>
Subject: Re: Freebsd IP Forwarding performance (question,
 and some info) [7-stable, current, em, smp]
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Ingo Flaschberger wrote:
> Dear Steve,
> 
>>> My next "router" appliance will be:
>>> http://www.axiomtek.com.tw/products/ViewProduct.asp?view=429
>>
>> This is exactly the device that I have been testing with (just 
>> rebranded).
> 
> cool.
> what performace do you reach?

After some very quick testing with everything default, I am witnessing 
results that are far below what I would have expected. I have a few 
questions:

- how do I identify if polling on an interface is enabled? I see no 
difference with ifconfig output

- do I need to compile a new kernel to be able to enable/disable polling?

- without moving some hardware around, I only have a single box 
connected to a router, and I've been testing from that box to a 
different interface within the router. Will the test results be optimal 
if I ping all the way through the router to a second device connected to 
it?

- how are the results affected when generating and receiving the test 
packets within the router itself (as opposed to using outside devices)?

Steve