[pfSense Support] enabling high performance tcp - freebsd

2008-02-13 Thread Paul M
http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/tcptune/#FreeBSD this has some recommendations for setting options in freebsd to improve network performance; I don't know whether it's current wisdom though. the stuff about linux kernel autotuning is quite interesting, especvally where it says to not use

Re: [pfSense Support] enabling high performance tcp - freebsd

2008-02-13 Thread Chris Buechler
Paul M wrote: http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/tcptune/#FreeBSD this has some recommendations for setting options in freebsd to improve network performance; I don't know whether it's current wisdom though. We do tweak some of that, but almost none of it is applicable to a firewall or

Re: [pfSense Support] Spanning tree support

2008-02-13 Thread Bill Marquette
On Feb 7, 2008 12:03 PM, Chris Buechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can accommodate for switch failure with CARP. Plug one firewall into > one switch and the other into another. FWIW, I do exactly this at work. A machine in each datacenter (a few miles apart), connected to switches in their

Re: [pfSense Support] enabling high performance tcp - freebsd

2008-02-13 Thread Ermal Luçi
Some of that info is rather old. On Feb 13, 2008 8:27 PM, Chris Buechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul M wrote: > > http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/tcptune/#FreeBSD > > > > this has some recommendations for setting options in freebsd to improve > > network performance; I don't know whet

Re: [pfSense Support] Strategy for Multiple-Subnet LAN on Single Port

2008-02-13 Thread Bryan Derman
Didn't receive and can't seem to find the document mentioned: --- Chris Buechler wrote: |For the few scenarios where this makes sense, I'll send the document |described earlier when I get home later. --- Is there a URL for this?