Hello Michelle, > Am 2004-05-03 14:51:10, schrieb Peter Mueller: > > >With good NICs (eepro100 etc.) and not too many iptables > rules you will max > >around 20mbit/sec. A good rule of thumb is 5 cycles per > megabit. This > >limit actually applies to all Linux servers, not just leaf. > > > >P > > Are you sure ? > > I run a HP Vectra XA 5/200mmx with 32 MB and have 4 x 3Com > 3C905B and 2 x 3c509B. > > I have one USB-Modem connected to the USB-Port and two other > Ethernet-Modem-Router to the two 3c509B. > > The 10MBit Nics are for my publicnet, privatenet, securenet and > wavenet (Proxim Tsunami MP.11a). > > I can transfer without any problem around 5 MByte/Second between > the publicnet (ftp/web-server) and the privatenet (workstation) > > My old Router (LRP 2.9.4) had done around 30 MBits on a 486dx4/100 > with 5 nics 3c509B > > So I think, you can have realy more on a P1/100
It's a rule of thumb, not a book of law :-). I did some testing for a T1 IPSEC gateway and had my results confirmed by the FreeSWAN performance guide (http://www.freeswan.org/freeswan_trees/freeswan-2.06/doc/performance.html). It is only my result from one machine, but it was confirmed by a fairly popular project so I still feel confident that it is reasonable. The bottom line is it depends on your PCI bus, network drivers, and especially your network cards. Also, firewall rules can play a part here. I must admit I'm surprised to hear a 486 - admittedly one of the faster ones - was able to get above 20mbit/s with ISA (3c509b) cards! Maybe there is some truth to 3com cards using less CPU. I have always preferred eepro100's but maybe that was premature.. Cheers, P ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
