From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 16 13:19:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5C66106564A for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:19:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mgamsjager@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f228.google.com (mail-bw0-f228.google.com [209.85.218.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 594F68FC08 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:19:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz28 with SMTP id 28so3915175bwz.14 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:19:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=e/OS6aOGcnl10LEMd2c6OUaGwb76e3R4yK0LQkKYoao=; b=xpFnSz9xwrxjVUDU0tHguk0j/4EQdgB9TU2uyteUBMpzAsF19/5f2E2b+wTaP0iSxW +xxcv0MKo0fxbFXOMqar0UhebfOhHLDpaxXwKfLZq/X1BhuNAcKJTxpmuGWXitTrxm4+ cr9sBKSa3FjvnUn/TgvBm+4L9EtIGcDOVYn1A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=bPHxDo0Nz/MRoCyUHNWEAGEi5kEcQKcECiVEE5H8uzcH5RhaS+mTzE4Idvrmj/rQoO aJpzPopaZCBHr0PoRJwiQ0G+UiVrw2ld+S89kWKQe29NX95cDbkao+clE0FQqQvge9VA fUVqDoizL1akOCRVYePYyk2Uvr6oKRjdn/7OA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.141.69 with SMTP id l5mr193159bku.64.1268743986584; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:53:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Matthias Gamsjager Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:52:46 +0100 Message-ID: <585602e11003160552v483ea17bh4ca3f4228c3f3723@mail.gmail.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: Choosing CPU for router X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:19:19 -0000 Way over the top for simple fw and dhcpd. but how much traffic will be involved? Investing in a good nics will return more then a pricey cpu and motherboard (eec mem is good idea for 24/7 tho). On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Jon Otterholm wrote: > Hi. > > In the process to build a new router and want to choose the best possible > CPU for the job. > > Narrowed it down to the following: > > Intel Q9650 3,0Ghz > Intel i7-965/975 3,2Ghz/3,33Ghz > > What would be the benefit from a Xeon? > > Motherboard: Supermicro X8SBI-4LN. > RAM: 4GB > > The router will be running IPFW and Dummynet for traffic-shaping. Along with > that, standard services like dhcpd. > > Any thoughts appreciated. > > BG > //Jon > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >