Can we agree, 1) Running AstLinux on a net4801, great idea, works great.
2) Running m0n0wall on a net4801, great idea, works great. 3) Doing both functions on a net4801, works not-so-good. Unless cost is top priority, go with two net4801's, AstLinux/m0n0wall is an awesome overall solution. Lonnie On Dec 20, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Gary G. Hendershot wrote: > > Hmmm ... Since its being discussed, I got interested and decided to > run some > actual tests on mine ... I had a gut feel that I lost a little > performance > when I enabled packet shaping but I did not think it was anywhere > near half > ... So I did the dslreports thing and marked it with and without > packet > shaing enabable ... > > My ISP here at home is COX cable ... Without packet shaping my avg > of 10 > tests was 2021/8641 ... With packet shaping tweaked to settings 90% > of the > without readings was 1976/8354 ... With readings that close, I a bit > surprised that I was able to get any gut feel at all ... And it is > certainly > not anywhere near the impact that Tom is reporting ... > > It might be that I have an advantage in hardware that is helping > with this > ... I am using a 1ghz VIA CPU here ... While its certainly no > powerhouse, it > is a bit stronger than the NET4801 or similar ... So maybe this is > one of > the areas where the stronger CPU tends to pay off ... > > G.Hendershot > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Lynn > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:37 AM > To: Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Is it a good idea to use astlinux as > a router? > > Darrick, > I completely understand. But over half of my download bandwidth > evaporated > by following the directions. I'd say I'm experiencing abnormal > results, so > I'm wondering if anybody has some advice on using this feature. > > On 12/20/06, Darrick Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Gary G. Hendershot wrote: >>> I will echo the thoughts of Tom Lynn ... >>> >> <snip> >>> I am using voice prioritization on 2 including the one I keep in >>> my home > ... >>> It seems that when I use the voice prioritization scheme, even when >>> there is no voice traffic, the general internet access looses >>> some of > its steam ... >>> But I have not run any definitive tests on it so at this point, its >>> just gut feel, no proof ... >>> >>> What the voice priority scheme will do, is keep my wife's streaming >>> audio/video adiction from messing with my voice traffic ... So even >>> if it does have a modest hit, it seems to be worth it to me ... As >>> always, your mileage may vary ... >>> >> I am not a traffic shaping expert, but I will do my best to explain >> why it is impossible to do traffic shaping without taking some hit on >> total throughput. In a nutshell, you MUST reduce the overall total >> potential bandwidth purposely so that YOU become the bottleneck, not >> your internet connection. So for example, if you have a 3 MB >> downlink >> and a 512k uplink, you have no choice but to reduce those >> purposely to >> say 90% of those values to do proper traffic shaping. If you are >> unwilling to do that, you are willing to have your internet provider >> do the shaping because once you reach the limit provided by your >> internet provider, that's exactly what will happen. (to use Gary's >> example, his wife will saturate the link with the video stream and >> some packets will be dropped, making the voice link very poor). >> >> >> Hopefully that explains it better, but you will see a drop in total >> throughput with traffic shaping enabled. >> >> Darrick >> >> -- >> Darrick Hartman >> DJH Solutions, LLC >> http://www.djhsolutions.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Astlinux-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users >> >> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
