> FWIW, I have 20M/5M VDSL service at home and have zero issue doing > 20Mbps with OpenBSD as my pppoe-based firewall. That said, while I > wouldn't expect a 300MHz machine to limit you to 2.4Mbps, it is a bit > weak--and rl NICs are some of the worst out there. Curiously, when > doing 2.4Mbps, what does top show for interrupts? For comparison, > when I'm doing 20Mbps, my interrupts are at 5-6% using em and fxp > NICs.
Good point. 1MB/s is the best I can get with this HW on a local network test. The interrupts max out. I would still like to find out why I only get 300KB/s through the pppoe. 1MB/s would be a nice improvement, and I could put up with it, for sake of having OpenBSD security until I get around to upgrading the HW. Can anyone recommend an embedded product that would be adequette for 100Mbps? (thinking of future network upgrades). Cheers, .d.d.
