From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Dec 25 2:21:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A62FA37B409 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 02:21:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-relay.omnis.com (smtp-relay.omnis.com [216.239.128.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5879343EA9 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 02:21:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (dslpool2-019.networldnoc.net [209.63.227.179]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2686C43100; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 02:21:03 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard From: Wes Peters To: Peter Jeremy Cc: Gianmarco Giovannelli , stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20021223113349.GA14827@server.c18609.belrs1.nsw.optusnet.com.au> References: <20021223113349.GA14827@server.c18609.belrs1.nsw.optusnet.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <1040786490.77057.20.camel@zaphod.softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 25 Dec 2002 03:21:30 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 11:33, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 08:14:44AM +0100, Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote: > >CPU: VIA C3 Samuel 2 (800.03-MHz 686-class CPU) > > Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x678 Stepping = 8 > > Features=0x803035 > >real memory = 266272768 (260032K bytes) > ... > >So for summary: It is quite perfect for be the FreeBSD router that manage > >my adsl line and till now I can't find anything that not work as expected > >(even if I think the cpu could be more fast :-) > > What do people expect their firewall/router to be doing? In a word: encryption. 486's are perfectly capable routers, but fall on their faces trying to encrypt/decrypt multiple streams. An 800 MHz is probably overkill for a residential router/gateway, but we could pretty much max out a 300 MHz NS/Cyrix processor running 3-4 IPsec VPNs on the box at the same time. A hardware encryption engine would most likely be a better choice than a faster (hotter) general purpose CPU, though. -- Wes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message