On Sat, June 10, 2006 5:25 pm, fooler wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 11:49 AM > Subject: [plug] LINUX GATEWAY min requirement > > > >> hi guys, >> >> i was planning to set up LINUX ROUTER here in our company... >> >> we had several pentium 133mhz, 32 MB CPU... though i know it can be >> configured perfectly for a linux router... >> >> just wondering if its enough to maximize our internet speed? >> >> we had a 2MB ADSL connection as PLDT said.. around 40 CPU in the >> house... > > 2 mbps / 8 bits per byte / 1500 bytes for MTU size is around to 167 > packets per second which is small enough to handle by a 133mhz cpu for > routing purposes only or acting as a router... 167 packets times 1500 > bytes is around 250k bytes of memory consumed out of your 32mb ram... > things to change when you add services which consumes more cpu cycles and > memory... you have to trim down your linux kernel to conserve memory, > adjust HZ value for how much cpu time attentition you want to give for > every active process and optimize every services you installed to fit from > your 32mb ram... > > fooler. > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: > http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > >
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