Steve, I managed to get around 512kbits of troughput on a 827 with 32MB RAM installed. This was on a 3DES tunnel to a 3005, the processor was at 80 to 90% so I guess you wont get much more than that.
Erwin ""Steve Dispensa"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi all. > > I was wondering if anyone has practical experience with the 800 series > as ipsec devices. I'm particularly interested in field-measured > throughput and delay stats, but i'd settle for anecdotal evidence as > well. FWIW, I just got a few in and I'm underwhelmed... Granted, I > didn't order them to spec, but they shipped with 4MB DRAM and 8MB > Flash. Guess how many images run in 4MB... > > Then when I went to bump the image up (after upping the RAM), the stupid > tftp transfer kept timing out half way through. A little etherealing > showed that the device stopped responding to ARP requests during the > transfer (which had to be done from ROM due to limited flash space and > the fact that you can't delete the running IOS from flash). I finally > had to add static arp entries to my tftp server. Don't ask me why the > server felt the need to re-arp after 5 seconds, either. :-) > > Anyhow, thanks in advance. > > -sd Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=63563&t=63547 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

