Re: net5501: FreeBSD ipfw and the elusive 75Mbps throughput

On 2016-06-09, Christopher Hilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> At the end of the day I think that 75 ~ 85 MBit's per second is the =
> limit on the vr interface in net5501.

Bandwidth is only part of the equation; packets-per-second matter too.
Even if you get to 75-85Mb/s I'd still consider that as a stopgap,
if you get a lot of small packets you run out of steam again.

> If you only have one firewall/router I'd replace it with either =
> a Net6501 or some other Intel Atom/PCIe/Intel Gigabit based solution.

If looking at other vendors, don't restrict yourself to boards with
Intel CPUs, there are also some small boxes using AMD GX-412TC and
Intel I210AT NICs (em) that work quite nicely.