Hi,
How did you do your tests? With small packets or big packets? Traffic
generated by hardware or software?
cheers,
Lennert
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 05:09:42PM -0500, Advanced Hosting UNIX Admin Daniel Fairchild
wrote:
> I am trying to build a gigabit packet filtering firewall/bridge to place in
> between 7513 and a 7206 cisco routers.
>
> I tried it with just the regular netfilter stuff and the machine was not
> passing enough traffic.
>
> I have a duel 1Ghz machine with 2 3com gigabit NICs both are on a STL2
> motherboard. they are plugged in to the 66Mhz bus and are 64bit pci cards.
>
> how do you calculate the through put for that isn't it some thing like
>
> 64bits * 66Mhz = transferrate <-- in theory only but that number is pretty
> huge and should be able to push 100Mbs easy if not 300Mbs
>
> I am trying to firewall a 200Mbs network in one location
>
> it think the tcp stack was being over worked so it did not pass the traffic
> very well and it was throtteling the router interface.
>
> any sugestions
>
>
>
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