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Actually, I noticed a huge load on the processor at loads as low as ~10 mbit when investigating IPsec on relatively current hardware (AMD XP1800+). In fact an old PII machine would probably have a hard time keeping up at sustained cable modem speeds (~1.5-2mbit, or roughly T1 speeds). Shannon Tim Fournet wrote: >Unless you're scaling into the hundreds of megabytes or higher, I don't >think you'll need to worry about CPU performance. > >On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 10:56, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > >>I will be building a custom VPN gateway that should support IPSec and PPTP >>using either Linux or FreeBSD for a client. Has anyone benchmarked or read >>of benchmarks comparing how well new Intel chips compare to new AMD chips >>for VPN loads? Any recommendations? I will be performing my own tests, but >>if there is information already out there I would like to read it. >> >>Thanks! >> >>--- >>Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Puryear Information Technology >>Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting >>http://www.puryear-it.com >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- Shannon Roddy __________________________________________________________________ Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy Calendar/Schedule See Home Page Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------030504060900010603080200 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Actually, I noticed a huge load on the processor at loads as low as ~10 mbit when investigating IPsec on relatively current hardware (AMD XP1800+). In fact an old PII machine would probably have a hard time keeping up at sustained cable modem speeds (~1.5-2mbit, or roughly T1 speeds).<br> <br> Shannon<br> <br> Tim Fournet wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> <pre wrap="">Unless you're scaling into the hundreds of megabytes or higher, I don't think you'll need to worry about CPU performance. On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 10:56, Dustin Puryear wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I will be building a custom VPN gateway that should support IPSec and PPTP using either Linux or FreeBSD for a client. Has anyone benchmarked or read of benchmarks comparing how well new Intel chips compare to new AMD chips for VPN loads? Any recommendations? I will be performing my own tests, but if there is information already out there I would like to read it. Thanks! --- Dustin Puryear <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><[EMAIL PROTECTED]></a> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.puryear-it.com";>http://www.puryear-it.com</a> _______________________________________________ General mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net";>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> _______________________________________________ General mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net";>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net</a> </pre> </blockquote> <br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="$mailwrapcol">-- Shannon Roddy __________________________________________________________________ Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 Web Page <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy";>http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy</a> Calendar/Schedule See Home Page Wireless Email (255 Chars) <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> </pre> <br> </body> </html> --------------030504060900010603080200--
