On 2/9/06, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> However, crypto is resource intensive -- especially CPU intensive. >> The WRT54G is a fairly bitty box; trying to use it for that may drag >> down performance on everything. > > Just for a frame of reference, the WRT54G has a 216MHz MIPS CPU, and > the SonicWall Pro's I've worked with have a 233MHz StrongARM.
Unfortunately, that's not really much help. First of all, clock rates are a really poor way to compare CPUs of different architectures. More importantly, a lot of VPN appliances use ASICs that off-load the crypto from the CPU. The WRT54G has no such accelerator. So you're comparing apples to orange juice. :) > Speaking of which, only the 3rd party firmwares seem to use this CPU > properly. Now that's interesting. I'll have to give the 3rd party firmware a try. I haven't bothered with my WRT54G because I haven't percieved a need yet. Sounds like I would get some benefit after all. I wonder what the differences are to cause such a result. -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss