Re: Debian - Should be: Experience of Debian as 1gb/s router?
Erik Persson wrote:
> Erik Persson wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Is there anyone who has any experience regarding running debian on an
>> Athlon 64 3200+, with dual 1gb/s lan, as a router and firewall?
>>
>> Any problems?
>> Anything special to think about?
>> What throughput is it possible to reach?
>> How have you solved any problems?
>> How is throughput affected by packet filtering?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> /erik persson
>
You need PCI-64 or PCIE network cards. Standard PCI is limits your
performance below 300Mbps.
The cards needs to be "server grade" witch means no RTL's or other
cheaps stuff.
If you want a big pps performance you may think "dual" processor an
irqballance.
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