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Date:      Wed, 31 Mar 1999 09:13:28 -0600
From:      Alex Nash <nash@mcs.net>
To:        Benoit Rossier <Benoit.Rossier@mcnet.ch>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IPFW performance impact?
Message-ID:  <19990331091328.A23198@mcs.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19990331091936.00bfaf60@nocnoc.mcnet.ch>; from Benoit Rossier on Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 09:19:36AM %2B0200
References:  <3.0.1.32.19990331091936.00bfaf60@nocnoc.mcnet.ch>

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On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 09:19:36AM +0200, Benoit Rossier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We want to implement IPFW on a server which has a traffic of
> 1 Mbits in full-duplex (1Mbps in AND 1Mbps out) on average.
> Can someone tell me the cpu overhead in percent generated by
> IPFW (we use PII 350)?

The answer can be found in (or at least derived from) the networking
section of the FAQ (currently section 10):

   http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ

Keep in mind that the data presented in the FAQ was for a 66MHz 486.
Your PII 350 will perform much better.

Alex


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