Re: cpu choice for firewall

2012-06-28 Thread Mikkel C. Simonsen
Joe S wrote: I'm looking to build a new mini-itx firewall based on OpenBSD and would like to get some advice on CPU selection. I use 800MHz Via C3s or 266MHz Geodes for 15/15 links. Both work great. Best regards, Mikkel C. Simonsen

Re: cpu choice for firewall

2012-06-28 Thread Peter Hessler
Frequency, cache and memory bus frequency are the most important things for speed. You need to get the packets to the CPU, and back out quickly. On 2012 Jun 28 (Thu) at 10:50:28 -0700 (-0700), Joe S wrote: :I'm looking to build a new mini-itx firewall based on OpenBSD and :would like to get some

Re: cpu choice for firewall

2012-06-28 Thread Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 10:50:28AM -0700, Joe S wrote: > I'm looking to build a new mini-itx firewall based on OpenBSD and > would like to get some advice on CPU selection. I've seen multiple > statements on this list that indicate CPU cache and CPU speed are the > most important factors. Sorry if

Re: cpu choice for firewall

2012-06-28 Thread Geoff Steckel
On 06/28/2012 01:50 PM, Joe S wrote: I'm looking to build a new mini-itx firewall based on OpenBSD and would like to get some advice on CPU selection. I've seen multiple statements on this list that indicate CPU cache and CPU speed are the most important factors. Sorry if this is a silly question

cpu choice for firewall

2012-06-28 Thread Joe S
I'm looking to build a new mini-itx firewall based on OpenBSD and would like to get some advice on CPU selection. I've seen multiple statements on this list that indicate CPU cache and CPU speed are the most important factors. Sorry if this is a silly question, but which cache is most useful for wh