On 2006/10/04 10:42, Richard P. Koett wrote: > I'm setting up a Soekris net4801-50 (128 Mb RAM) for use as a > firewall. For storage it has a 40Gb IDE drive rather than compact > flash. For my first attempt I used a generic install of OpenBSD > 3.9. The user complained that Internet access seemed slow, however. > I'm planning to try again using a custom kernel based on the config > file included with Chris Cappuccio's Flashdist installer. (A copy > is provided below for reference). Is this a good idea?
I don't think a custom kernel will help internet access speeds. There are some reasons you might want (or need) to use a custom kernel, this isn't one of them... Slow in comparison to what? If you can give some more idea about 'seemed slow' that might help. Quantitative data especially. Collecting that data might give you your own clues too. Any particular sites or everywhere? Any particular protocols? Has the way DNS is being done changed? Are you using PF? Are the network interfaces configured properly (esp. duplex setting)? etc. etc.
