Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:08:45 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> To: Chris Nehren <cnehren+freebsd-stable@pobox.com> Cc: FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggestions for low-power gigE firewall? Message-ID: <20140615090845.GB42502@server.rulingia.com> In-Reply-To: <20140613121732.GA61092@behemoth> References: <20140613121732.GA61092@behemoth>
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--FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2014-Jun-13 08:17:33 -0400, Chris Nehren <cnehren+freebsd-stable@pobox.c= om> wrote: >Speaking of Soekris elsethread, I'm presently interested in >picking up a small device to use as a router + firewall for my >home network. One thing to keep in mind is that 'gigE firewall' is fairly meaningless by itself. Most of the load is per-packet and GigE could be anywhere between (roughly) 80kpps and 1.5mpps. That said, since you mention 'home network', I presume you don't need compl= ex packet manipulation at wire-speed. Note that whilst the re(4) driver doesn= 't have the same comments as the rl(4) driver, you will still need significant= ly more CPU power to get the same thruput from a RTL8111 as (eg) an em. --=20 Peter Jeremy --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJTnWKdXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRFRUIyOTg2QzMwNjcxRTc0RTY1QzIyN0Ux NkE1OTdBMEU0QTIwQjM0AAoJEBall6Dkogs0PrwP/0qxaEi05uPAQh7njA0anSLk TbgUennuczKrbSVz6Me7W3IFu7rPeD7uAiLqZA08oB0bwTd6hWQrohmVXenvergN 7QF6iSTj8u36V/l5jtZ+m2ijyNulksW5qRY+XsIFF97pYb+SoEt8XoC9X8SPA6BQ Q+wbKn0ibmsNLXgmNTLMLwkWhyUKaJguA3Wk7JYzFxqIsQu1J6bV2/DF3l4sQHZz 6BzUwgbI/8+moMvZevqop4oXfunt5bGyPZ6dP/NZfd14Cj3bJfUDHrDTVrZWs/Tt SeRWvkaR0LZqA7dTIRywnIbSCVj1JCHNKcaBNq/oeGNZFFGFE30iBkpZrKniXzcS R69/vJ35PBt64WBH9PV8/+pSuGvgdu5QLo2hKhietIvHBRN5rYF50mVvBG1NcuzA lPSkRqTvZ95k3l+l4YR0QUEIGEQyOEcP7erv/lvXgn0g8tONqGOHoI8wIeqJGv/L Z63H/W1EE/qBcuInnT240yg316MkwNuWBXHlF5Cc3Gzr1Ru0btLEouOqMyu/9yL6 QClpT6gZvUcFbTQsEWjWOIJaE0BQzlWsctur/Zxkg49VKMaUsrFalmUAjy/apoCw hIaNCEkN6wHXjbTbEJO4tOY+nfZjdWn3VcdJlm4D2s+y38N9ryCdke1dB7wApQGP PN4lowu4alRrnYWEhm9P =nkWW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--
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