On Jul 26, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Bjarke Istrup Pedersen wrote: > Hey, > > I'm using a net5501 as router/gateway running linux, and has eth1 and > eth2 bridged. > When I transfer lange amounts of data from a computer on one of the > NIC's to a computer located on the other NIC, (mostly using Windows > file shares), the Soekris locks up, and gets restarted thanks to the > watchdog.
Clearly, using a small external switch would solve this problem. But in general, bridging interfaces making both NIC's chatter in unison would create more of an interrupt load, versus using a single interface to an external switch. In the past I have done net5501 iperf tests configured as a router/firewall (eth0 to eth1 using AstLinux, kernel 2.6.27.42) and got line speed (93.5 Mb/s) performance with no lockups. Though, I didn't let the test go on for an extended period of time to see of heat was an issue. Lonnie _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
