"Richard P. Koett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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?
If I go this route I expect I should comment out the MFS option in the Flashdist config since I'm not using compact flash, and uncomment FFS_SOFTUPDATES. Would anyone care to suggest other changes I should make this config file for my scenario? Any other advice would be appreciated. I have no previous experience with Soekris products and very little experience with custom kernels. I realize that this list is not for supporting people using custom kernels but I hope it's okay to ask a few general questions like this. Thanks, RPK. <snip> How much bandwidth is in question here? I've got the exact same setup (4801-50) running GENERIC 3.9, and can saturate my PPPoE 6M/768k DSL line and still be at 65% idle, just by using priority queues in PF. In general, you want to look for configuration and user problems before blaming the kernel.
