Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 16:27:35 -0500 From: Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com> To: tlambert2@mindspring.com Cc: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more on latency Message-ID: <3B4A21C7.B9B63FE4@yahoo.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107091320270.11885-100000@rac1.wam.umd.edu> <3B4A0F74.672D7B27@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote: > > > > I think I found the reason that my FreeBSD box is performing > > so poorly as a NATing router. When I do an ipnat -l to see > > what "active connections" are there on the router, a list > > about 3 pages long (using ipnat -l | more) appears. I think > > maybe it's having trouble because for every packet coming in > > and out of the router, it's got to look at that list of > > active connections for the right one to send to and from. Is > > there any way to make connections that aren't being used go > > away from the NAT faster? Thanks a lot. > > Don't run unnecessary daemons. > > The pcb lookups are a linear traversal, as well, and for > a large number of connections, the calllout wheel for > timers sucks. > > -- Terry Is there a way to get similar stats from natd? jim -- ET has one helluva sense of humor! He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos! _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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