On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 06:00:21AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > CJ van den Berg wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 11:59:59PM +0200, Erik Persson wrote: > >> Erik Persson wrote: > >>> I have heard some people saying it is possible to run linux as a > >>> gb-router on pc-hardware and some have actually tested it, but it would > >>> be very nice to hear from some more people who have tried it! > >>> Nothing beats the real world. > >> Is there anyone on the debian-user list who has tried debian as a > >> gigabit router and have some input? > > > > Yes, I've done it. I've saturated two 1Gbit links with a debian/netfilter > > based router (3Ghz P4). Whether or not it's possible in your situation > > though depends largely on the type of network traffic and the complexity of > > your filtering rules. If your packet rates are low and your filters fairly > > simple it should be pretty easy to saturate a 1Gbit ethernet link. > > How many and how complicated were your filtering rules? I can't give any numbers that would be very meaningful to you I'm afraid because my rules were using custom built netfilter modules. I guess you could roughly compare it to NAT plus 4-5 filtering rules. > How many nodes sat behind your router? ~40000. -- CJ van den Berg mailto:cj@vdbonline.com xmpp:cj@vdbonline.com
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