From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 15 09:34:09 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 141D97D7 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2014 09:34:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vps.rulingia.com (vps.rulingia.com [103.243.244.15]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "vps.rulingia.com", Issuer "CAcert Class 3 Root" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 83F54233B for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2014 09:34:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.rulingia.com (c220-239-242-83.belrs5.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.242.83]) by vps.rulingia.com (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s5F98kTv001633 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:08:51 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.rulingia.com (localhost.rulingia.com [127.0.0.1]) by server.rulingia.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s5F98kcE015145 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:08:46 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.rulingia.com) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.rulingia.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id s5F98jFx015144; Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:08:45 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:08:45 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Chris Nehren Subject: Re: Suggestions for low-power gigE firewall? Message-ID: <20140615090845.GB42502@server.rulingia.com> References: <20140613121732.GA61092@behemoth> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140613121732.GA61092@behemoth> X-PGP-Key: http://www.rulingia.com/keys/peter.pgp User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: FreeBSD stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 09:34:09 -0000 --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2014-Jun-13 08:17:33 -0400, Chris Nehren wrote: >Speaking of Soekris elsethread, I'm presently interested in >picking up a small device to use as a router + firewall for my >home network. One thing to keep in mind is that 'gigE firewall' is fairly meaningless by itself. Most of the load is per-packet and GigE could be anywhere between (roughly) 80kpps and 1.5mpps. That said, since you mention 'home network', I presume you don't need compl= ex packet manipulation at wire-speed. Note that whilst the re(4) driver doesn= 't have the same comments as the rl(4) driver, you will still need significant= ly more CPU power to get the same thruput from a RTL8111 as (eg) an em. --=20 Peter Jeremy --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJTnWKdXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRFRUIyOTg2QzMwNjcxRTc0RTY1QzIyN0Ux NkE1OTdBMEU0QTIwQjM0AAoJEBall6Dkogs0PrwP/0qxaEi05uPAQh7njA0anSLk TbgUennuczKrbSVz6Me7W3IFu7rPeD7uAiLqZA08oB0bwTd6hWQrohmVXenvergN 7QF6iSTj8u36V/l5jtZ+m2ijyNulksW5qRY+XsIFF97pYb+SoEt8XoC9X8SPA6BQ Q+wbKn0ibmsNLXgmNTLMLwkWhyUKaJguA3Wk7JYzFxqIsQu1J6bV2/DF3l4sQHZz 6BzUwgbI/8+moMvZevqop4oXfunt5bGyPZ6dP/NZfd14Cj3bJfUDHrDTVrZWs/Tt SeRWvkaR0LZqA7dTIRywnIbSCVj1JCHNKcaBNq/oeGNZFFGFE30iBkpZrKniXzcS R69/vJ35PBt64WBH9PV8/+pSuGvgdu5QLo2hKhietIvHBRN5rYF50mVvBG1NcuzA lPSkRqTvZ95k3l+l4YR0QUEIGEQyOEcP7erv/lvXgn0g8tONqGOHoI8wIeqJGv/L Z63H/W1EE/qBcuInnT240yg316MkwNuWBXHlF5Cc3Gzr1Ru0btLEouOqMyu/9yL6 QClpT6gZvUcFbTQsEWjWOIJaE0BQzlWsctur/Zxkg49VKMaUsrFalmUAjy/apoCw hIaNCEkN6wHXjbTbEJO4tOY+nfZjdWn3VcdJlm4D2s+y38N9ryCdke1dB7wApQGP PN4lowu4alRrnYWEhm9P =nkWW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--