Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:55:36 +0100 From: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple router ? Message-ID: <41AC2778.4040307@esiee.fr> In-Reply-To: <20041129113729.64d8c3ae.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <41AB3354.4010302@esiee.fr> <20041129093917.222ccad8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200411291844.36416.ostap@radiant.ru> <20041129100506.29d2da5f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <45624.194.168.3.18.1101745265.squirrel@194.168.3.18> <20041129113729.64d8c3ae.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: > >>There have been quite a lot of threads in the past month regarding the >>network performance of 5.3 being inferior to 4.10. >> >>You might also want to bear in mind that with the 5 series you have >>the benefit of OpenBSD's pf firewall. Although more information on 4.x >>and pf is available at the following link. >> >>http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2004-September/000300.html >> >>Personally, if it was me, I'd go with 5.x rather than 4.x, but if you >>are going to be pushing a lot of data then perhaps search the archives >>for the last month or two regarding network performance. > > > I'm not sure if this is 100% correct anymore. I seem to remember that > the performance problems were in 5.3BETA and were fixed prior to the > release of 5.3-RELEASE. > > I'm willing to be corrected if I'm wrong, but I think research of > reliable sources would be smart. > Well ... I forgot to say I need this router for few weeks only it will be replaced by a cisco box when I will be able to purchase it ,-) So I think a conservative choice would be the best for me in the light of advices I got from people of this list. So I'll build the router on 4.10 base as I really don't need extra features than routing . Thanks a lot guys Frank -- Cordialement/Regards Frank Bonnet
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