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Subject: Re: Choosing CPU for router
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On 03/18/10 01:32, Andrew Snow wrote:
>
> Jon Otterholm wrote:
>> This machine is going to act as access-router serving ~500
>> FTTH-customers.
>> About 500Mbit/s and 200kpps. The big issue is Dummynet, around 1000
>> pipes (2
>> pipes/customer).
>
> That doesn't sound right, 200kpps @ 500Mbps works out to an average
> packet size of 250 bytes? Am I missing something

Maybe he's pushing VoIP...