Re: Performance issues on WRAP

Lee Sharp <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.m0n0wall
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 04/23/2012 08:30 AM, Stefan Ott wrote:
> But thanks a lot for the answers, I honestly didn't expect some minor
> routing and NATting to use that much CPU power. Guess it's time to go
> shopping then!

Pushing data over a buss takes power...  Nothing for it.

> On a related note, does anyone happen to know whether the ALIX boards
> (500 MHz Geode) have enough power to be reasonably future proof? Or is
> it a simple linear thing, i.e. I'll have the same issues on an ALIX
> once I hit 50 Mbps?

How future proof do you want it?  You may want to conside a Jetway 
NF96FL-525 with the AD3INLANG daughter card.  This gives you 4 gig-e 
ports, and three of them are Intel.  You also have a leftover PCI slot 
for a 4 ports fast ether card if needed.  I have built m0n0 on this and 
it works well.

			Lee
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