Sounds like a heat issue to me. What happens if you remove the topcase so the heat can go away?
Holger > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Haddad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 6:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Suggested mini-itx solutions? > > > Hi All, > > On 5/10/06, I wrote: > > Again my assumption is that increasing the number of connections is > > going to increase the CPU usage which will in turn decrease the max > > throughput. Is this incorrect? > Just as an update. I tried out a WRAP box (1C-2) with my connection > (15/2 PPPoE). Running 2 fast torrents (Centos 4.3 DVD and CD sets) I > was able to max out at around 1.6MB/s which I think is about as fast > as I can hope with my connection. Unfortunately this only lasted for > under 5 minutes at which point the router rebooted itself. The CPU > utilization was pegged at > 99% interrupt handling and the load was > somewhere in the 1X range. Switching over to polling mode caused the > throughput to drop to the 500KB/s range, which I thought was kind of > odd. This is all with Beta 4. > > So it looks like the WRAP box isn't quite fast enough to be able > handle high throughputs with multiple connections (in this case it was > < 100 connections, so not a huge number). > > I think I'm going to bite the bullet and grab a mini-itx setup. I've > been doing some research and it looks like the just released C7 based > Phylon series from logicsupply.com seems to be a good deal. Looks > like $340 for a case, motherboard and 3 port gigabit. The > mini-box.com M200 is a bit cheaper but comes with an older, slower CPU > and doesn't have gigabit ports (though I think that Phylon board would > work on it). > > -- > Paul Haddad ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________ Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
