Re: pppoe performance on debian and debian as router / firewall

[basti <mailinglist@unix-solution.de>]

Hello,
you can use PPPoE with rp-pppoe (kernel-modul). On my RPi 3 it has a
better performance as run PPPoE in userspace.

I do not know if it multiple cores.

Am 05.06.21 um 20:07 schrieb Antonio:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm planning to setup a router and firewall based on debian for my home
> lab.
> 
> I know there are better (I mean, easier...) choices for this type of
> machine (have tried some of them, currently using pfsense) but I do want
> to find out if I could use debian.
> 
> The problem is my ISP uses pppoe for my symmetric 1 gbps connection and
> I know this type of connection requires a quite performant cpu, as it is
> single-threaded and uses only one cpu core. I'm currently using a
> supermicro motherboard with a (four core) N3710 and setting up ipfire,
> pfsense, opnsense or similar to use all my bandwidth is a real pain (if
> even possible...)
> 
> I've been looking for reports on pppoe performance in debian on similar
> hardware but have found none (most people seem to be using freebsd-based
> firewalls these days), so my questions are:
> 
> Does anyone here have any experience using debian as of router and
> firewall on such hardware as mine using pppoe?
> 
> Is there any way debian could use the four cores of my cpu to handle
> pppoe traffic? Or any other way to improve pppoe performance...
> 
> And finally, I am planning on using shorewall for the firewall. I have
> been looking at the docs but have found no examples for a 4 nic machine.
> I guess that's possible, isn't it?
> 
> 
> Cheers!
>