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From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 23:24:32 +0000
Subject: Re: [LARTC] Linux router performance
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Ferm=EDn Gal=E1n M=E1rquez wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I wonder about the performance of a Linux box used as router (I guest I'm
> not the first :). Althought I know it mainly depends on the hardware, I'm
> trying to find some references on the topic or comparations with other
> routing solutions (FreeBSD box used as router, Cisco, etc). For example,
> http://facweb.cti.depaul.edu/jyu/Publications/Yu-Linux-TSM2004.pdf
> (althought is related with Linux-briding more than with Linux-routing) sh=
ows
> in Figure 14 that with an AMD Duron 1.3GHz 512M RAM a throughput of 90 Mb=
ps
> can be achieved.

On an AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2 GHz) I was able to saturate 2 PCI-Express
gigabit cards (but that was with 1500 byte packets). Never tried more
although the box has 6 interfaces capable of gigabit, 4 of them attached
via PCI-Express.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel
--=20
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