Re: FBSD 1GBit router?

From: Ingo Flaschberger <if@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:05:18 +0100 (CET)

Hi,

ZB> - upgrade at least to 6.3. upgrading to 7.0 might also be better, depending
ZB> on hardware choices
ZB> - ensure your ethernet cards are on fast enough busses. 'em' (Intel Ether
ZB> Express 1000) flavor ports are my personal favorite
ZB> - enable polling (this will make a _huge_ difference by itself)
ZB> - your hardware is (likely) dual core. Make sure every piece of hardware in
ZB> use doesn't involve any giant locks. Under 6.x consider the mpsafenet
ZB> sysctl. This is also a point on which 7.0 will shine.

I upgrade to 7.0RC3 but still the same. 418Mbit is the roof.

older fbsd's are faster than newer.

How are the nic's connected to the cpu?

lspci -v

Kind regards,
Ingo Flaschberger

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