Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 21:55:29 +0200 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@mail.cicely.de> To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@telehouse.ch> Cc: Bernd Walter <ticso@mail.cicely.de>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 303,000 routes in kernel Message-ID: <20010804215529.C7176@cicely20.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <3B6C26D6.FB006403@telehouse.ch>; from oppermann@telehouse.ch on Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 06:46:14PM %2B0200 References: <3B69CE3F.1BCCB280@telehouse.ch> <20010803114648.A2565@cicely20.cicely.de> <3B6BD979.5BFD5890@telehouse.ch> <20010804182825.A7176@cicely20.cicely.de> <3B6C26D6.FB006403@telehouse.ch>
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On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 06:46:14PM +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote: > Bernd Walter wrote: > > That way you don't need to have all packets go through your default- > > router. DNS servers are known to bring a good load on routers as > > the packets are usually small with a high rate. > > The router, a Foundry BigIron, is supposed to do gigabit routing at > wirespeed, even with small packets. But who knows... ;-) Most big routers do softwarerouting and implement shortcuts in hardware. Unfortunately DNS packets have a compareable small short cut hit rate. That said - I don't know your Foundry router and it's base load. -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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