Hello,

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:01:51 +0100
"Rinse Kloek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> We use a RedHat 7.3 machine as bridge on a P3 1.8 Ghz with 2 64 bits
> Gigabit interfaces. On the machine we have a lot of iptables rules like :
>             all  --  213.134.x.0        0.0.0.0/0
>             all  --  0.0.0.0/0            213.134.x.0
> TOS    all  --  213.134.x.4        0.0.0.0/0          TOS set 0x08
>             all  --  0.0.0.0/0            213.134.x.4
> Currently in the peak hours we have about 40 Megabit traffic. Also in
> this peak hours we have a CPU load of about 70%. What is the main reason of
> this CPU load, is it the high traffic or the iptables rules on the machine.
> And if the iptables rules are the reaseon of the high CPU load, does TOS
> mangling use much CPU?

There's definitly something wrong. Check your kernel configuration - Networking 
Options -> Network packet filtering debugging should be DISABLED. Otherwise your box 
will experience extreme logging and hi CPU usage.

> 
> regards Rinse
> 
> 

regards,
Marek Kierdelewicz
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