According to my rough calculations, I can do maybe 40mbps throughput before I peg the cpu. Or maybe I'm just dreaming, but I plan on testing it.
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:34:08 -0500, "Jason J. Ellingson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was under the impression that Snort takes a lot of CPU power and RAM > (100MB+ even in "lowmem" mode?). I don't know if a Soekris/WRAP could > handle it. > > - Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: Donald Pulsipher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:04 PM > To: discussion@pfsense.com > Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? > > > The /pkg_mgr.php and related files are still in the www directory, I > just pointed to them in my url. > > If I upgrade to RC3, is there an easy way to change the embedded image > to support packages ? Otherwise I could always just compile and install > snort myself I guess. > > Thanks for your replies. > > BTW, pfSense completely rocks. I love it. I've been running it on > Soekris hardware for about 2 years now. The only feature I was waiting > for was IDS. > > -Don > > On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:00:51 -0500, "Bill Marquette" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 10/4/06, Donald Pulsipher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> I tried to install the snort package but get an error. This was on my >> Soekris embedded box with the embedded version 1.0-RC1a. >> >> Two problems here. >> 1. RC1 is ancient, the snort package only works on RC3 and above >> 2. Embedded doesn't support packages, either we still had that in RC1 >> (unlikely) or you've bypassed those checks somehow >> >> --Bill
