Re: freebsd router

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:16:21 -0800 (PST)
Danial Thom <danial_thom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> --- ann kok <annkok2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > I think this group might be correct to ask the
> > performance of freebsd as router
> >
> > I have run freebsd 4.11 as router for 3 years.
> > I like
> > freebsd because it is more stable and its
> > security.
> > Recently, the bandwidth grows to stop about
> > 383M in
> > mrtg graph and have packet loss when it reaches
> > to
> > 370M
> >
> > I am trying to use freebsd 6.0. Could you help
> > how to
> > tune the freebsd to have high network
> > throughput? I
> > test the throughput by ipref software. the max
> > is
> > about 390M
> >
> > I configure polling, loader.conf and use the
> > Intel(R)
> > Pentium 3.0 Hz, intel Giga em0, sata drive with
> > 2G
> > memory
> >
> > Thank you for your help
>
> Stop wasting your time and stay with FreeBSD
> 4.11. Its the fastest router platform Man has
> ever created, and its likely to say that way.

What makes you think it's faster than other/newer releases of FreeBSD
or any other O.S?
Sounds to me like you're trolling.

> If you are using FreeBSD 4.11 for 3 years you will
> be very unhappy
>
> Please don't use polling for a router. Good
> grief! Intel cards have built-in interrupt
> moderation. If you are pushing more than 100Kpps
> then you should increase your receive rings to
> 512. Otherwise just use the defaults in 4.11 for
> your best efficiency of your system.
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