[AusNOG] CPU - when to upfrade

2018-04-05 Thread Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T)
Hi Guys When you have a router and cpu is hitting about 60 - 70% with traffic load would that impact speeds? I've got a few links that don't seem to go as hard as they should, but I can't find the reason. Thanks Rhys ___ AusNOG mailing

Re: [AusNOG] CPU - when to upgrade

2018-04-05 Thread Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T)
Hello No fastpath, I'll have a look at that. Thanks -Original Message- From: Andrew Oakeley [mailto:and...@oakeley.com.au] Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 11:58 AM To: Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T) Subject: RE: [AusNOG] CPU - when to upgrade > We are a very small wireless ISP (around 2000

Re: [AusNOG] CPU - when to upgrade

2018-04-05 Thread Matthew Smee
One other thing worth mentioning, since you said firewall process, is that device throughput is dependant on what services or features you enable on it. Not every device has dedicated chips/ASICs for every function, or in some cases they do but you'll only get a fraction of the line throughput

Re: [AusNOG] CPU - when to upgrade

2018-04-05 Thread Mike Everest
Tip for all: use http://talk.mikrotik.com.au for this kind of topic :-} > -Original Message- > From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Rhys > Cuff (Latrobe I.T) > Sent: Friday, 6 April 2018 1:00 PM > To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] CPU - when

Re: [AusNOG] CPU - when to upgrade

2018-04-05 Thread Nathan Brookfield
Cisco? Nathan Brookfield Chief Executive Officer Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.simtronic.com.au On 6 Apr 2018, at 10:22, Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T) > wrote: Ignore spelling, sorry chaps From: AusNOG

Re: [AusNOG] CPU - when to upfrade

2018-04-05 Thread Scott Weeks
--- r...@latrobeit.com.au wrote: From: "Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T)" When you have a router and cpu is hitting about 60 - 70% with traffic load would that impact speeds? I've got a few links that don't seem to go as hard as they should, but I can't find the reason.

Re: [AusNOG] CPU - when to upgrade

2018-04-05 Thread Jim Woodward
On 06-04-2018 10:21, Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T) wrote: Hi Rhys, If it's a Cisco I have found that once you start hitting 70% you'll start to see Latency creep up, this in turn will likely to have an overall effect on achievable speeds. If the 70% figure is an average then peaks may be quite a

Re: [AusNOG] CPU - when to upgrade

2018-04-05 Thread Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T)
O setting a rule at the top to fasttrack established connections made a huge difference. Thanks for the tip -Original Message- From: Mike Everest [mailto:m...@duxtel.com] Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 12:31 PM To: Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T); ausnog@lists.ausnog.net Subject: RE:

Re: [AusNOG] CPU - when to upgrade

2018-04-05 Thread Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T)
Hi Guys Thanks very much for the responses. We are a very small wireless ISP (around 2000 customers) and run MikroTik router kit (I know I know...) I can see its normally firewall and routing process's that use most. Running around 300mbps on the routers in question. I can certainly upgrade,

Re: [AusNOG] CPU - when to upgrade

2018-04-05 Thread Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T)
Ignore spelling, sorry chaps From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T) Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 10:19 AM To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net Subject: [AusNOG] CPU - when to upfrade Hi Guys When you have a router and cpu is hitting about 60