From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 4 12:55:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD39337B401; Sat, 4 Aug 2001 12:55:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ticso@mail.cicely.de) Received: from mail.cicely.de (cicely20 [10.1.1.22]) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f74JtTV58688; Sat, 4 Aug 2001 21:55:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by mail.cicely.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f74JtUg07710; Sat, 4 Aug 2001 21:55:30 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 21:55:29 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Andre Oppermann Cc: Bernd Walter , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 303,000 routes in kernel Message-ID: <20010804215529.C7176@cicely20.cicely.de> References: <3B69CE3F.1BCCB280@telehouse.ch> <20010803114648.A2565@cicely20.cicely.de> <3B6BD979.5BFD5890@telehouse.ch> <20010804182825.A7176@cicely20.cicely.de> <3B6C26D6.FB006403@telehouse.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B6C26D6.FB006403@telehouse.ch>; from oppermann@telehouse.ch on Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 06:46:14PM +0200 X-Operating-System: NetBSD cicely20.cicely.de 1.5 sparc Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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