Re: 486 router is very slow
> > On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 01:52:41 +0200 (CEST), Leen Besselink
> > <leen@wirehub.nl> wrote:
> > >> I set up a router with my old 486 computer. I have there potato witch kernel
> > >> 2.4 installed.
> > >>
> > >try running 2.2 or 2.0 instead, that might help also.
> >
> > In a router, having 2.4 has a _very_ strong point called netfilter.
> >
> > Greetings
> > Marc
> yes, but then you must know that netfilter eats up much more
> memory than the previous ipchains.
> I think maybe this is the problem; having a netfilter firewall
> with reasonable set of rules requires 32-64 RAM (it depends)
> I think I saw this discution on the netfilter list stating this...
> sorry, I didn't follow the disscution here: does it swap a lot?
You know, I don't think you can swap something like netfilter
rules/information/counters/whatever...
I'm not sure how much kernel-'memory' can actually be swapped at all.
so this might be the problem.
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