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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.

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B.Walter              COSMO-Project         http://www.cosmo-project.de
ticso@cicely.de         Usergroup           info@cosmo-project.de


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