Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 21:00:25 +0300 (IDT) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Paul Dekkers <psd@worldaccess.nl> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: atapi Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970527205754.13727B-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970526152109.148N-100000@dolphin.psd>
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First, it is better to post unrelated questions in different messages. On Mon, 26 May 1997, Paul Dekkers wrote: > Hi > > Is atapi support OK in the current release (2.x?) or can I better wait for > version 3? ATAPI support is better than it used to be. You can simply download the boot floppy and see if it picks up your device. 3.0 is still a long way from completion, and even when it is released it will probably be less stable than 2.2.2. > Is it possible to do masquerading over an ethernet device? (not ppp: I > have an router connected to an eth) Yes, using IPfilter. > Is masquerading fast? Faster than under linux? Don't know. > Is routing fast? Faster than under linux? I read about a test which said > Linux did the best, is that true? (there's a list below, I couldn't find > FreeBSD in it, but BSDI?!) Don't know either. It's also not clear how these benchmarks were carried out and what they were exactly, so it's hard to say. > > Thanx! > Paul > > OS put to /dev/null get to /dev/null Webstone throughput > without Router 870 kbyte/s 910 kbyte/s 6.97 Mbit/s > SCO OpenServer 430 460 3.51 > BSDI OS 2.1 580 620 4.76 > Linux 2.0.18 620 630 4.77 > NT Server 4.0 580 600 4.85 > Intranetware 4.11 540 580 4.74 > > -- > Paul Dekkers (psd@worldaccess.nl or psd@dds.nl) > N.E.V - Nescio Ergo Valeo > UNIX is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are > > Nadav
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