Not a big discovery but I noticed that my little WRT54G router's CPU ( 228Mhz) went to 100% utilization when there were only 40-50 active connections. There is enough memory in the little box for 4000 concurrent connections. I only have 4 laptops with WiFi but only need normal web access, nothing fancy, and one main house server.
What I want to support is 1000 or more concurrent connections, and try and tap out my cable modem, not my equipment. So I still have my old AMD 2Ghz Box with 2Gb of memory. So my question is can I install a router based distribution ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_router_or_firewall_distributions) and get a measurable improvement. If so on what order of improvement could possibility be achieved? The answer to the above question would allow me to understand if it was worth the effort to build out that box to replace the WRT54G as the main house router. Joe _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 3 - TBD Jul 1 - TBD Aug 5 - TBD
