> Andrew Nance wrote: > | It is hard to estimate but somewhere around 750 Kbps to 1.5 > Mbps total > | bandwidth. > > Almost anything fairly modern (ie: Pentium-class PCI based > system) should be able to handle this kind of bandwidth. > Even 486 based systems with EISA cards (should you actually > be able to find one) could probably move this much data > around. Most of those 'black-box' routers from Linksys, > D-Link, et-al. will typically handle 3-5 MBits/s or more > fairly easily (remember, they're engineered to hook to cable > modems, and would look bad if they were a bottleneck).
A 486 can handle a T1 (1.5mbps) or E1 (2mbps) while encrypting with 3DES and IPSEC. A pentium-75mhz can encrypt ~10mpbs. Both of these rates assume decent NICs. Most statistics for bandwidth include packets per second (PPS) and the # of bits or bytes in those packets. I think a WRAP can handle your load easily unless you are running some huge amount of firewall rules and QOS. In fact, I know so :) even though I don't own one :(. TomsHardware has a nice review : http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-169-ProdID-WRAP1D2-3.php. As you can see 266mhz WRAP can do ~40mbps NAT, or ~3.5mpbs Ipsec/3DES. This means it is somewhere between a fast 486 and a pentium 75mhz in speed for encryption. If I remember correctly a Pentium 75mhz can only do 20-30mpbs NAT so apparently the WRAP is faster for this kind of thing. Regards, P ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
