Correction! I apologize, only noticed after I sent, obviously. Anywhere I typed /usr/sbin please replace with /sbin only in this case..Sorry ;) Namely where I said /usr/sbin/natd should be /sbin/natd ...
On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 09:23 -0500, Chris Bowman wrote: > First, sorry for the double post, received a message saying the first > one was rejected by a spam filter, however I now see it's on the > list! ;) > > Of course you may ask for more help! First, take advantage of what's > out there, people have written some absolutely great documentation, > including the FreeBSD handbook, a reference which I have out near 24/7. > Specifically for the problem at hand though, read up on the following : > FreeBSD Handbook chapter 21, man make.conf , man make , and > http://pages.silverwraith.com/papers/6/ . > > If you have the correct sources synced, refer to chapter 21 in the > handbook again if not sure. Then take the following out for a test > drive. > > cd /usr/src/sbin/natd > > make -DCPUTYPE=pentium4 <== I happen to have a p4, insert your correct > cpu type. > > Now, make a backup of your existing natd binary, cp /usr/sbin/natd to > the location of your choice maybe /home/username/ > > from /usr/src/sbin/natd now type make install > > do a ls -lah /usr/sbin/natd you should see a new natd binary with the > date / time you compiled it, ie recent. > > Restart natd, or start it if it's not, and see how it goes! > > If something goes wrong, you can always copy your backup > to /sbin/natd . > > > This should get you started, theres some more optimizing you can do, but > I figure start here without adding to many variables to the mix. And > just adding the CPU type to the make flags as shown above, seems to be > the single largest factor in making natd run as you would expect. > > Thanks! > > Chris Bowman > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 14:41 +0100, Spadge wrote: > > Chris Bowman wrote: > > > I see this question come up now and then > > on the lists, so, I'll share > > > what I've learned about natd and performance! First, if your running > > > natd on a processor which supports more functions than just a standard > > > 386, ie a Pentium, Athlon, etc. Then I've found compiling natd with > > > make flags for that processor, and with O3 optimizations will make your > > > jaw drop in comparison to the default installed version of natd. You > > > can find if you have the sources downloaded for FreeBSD the natd source > > > in /usr/src/sbin/natd , just recompile natd itself, or when you re-build > > > world for your system, make sure you have make flags set in make.conf so > > > everything will rebuild with optimized flags, however I don't recomend > > > O3 at all for a build world, will almost definately break something, for > > > natd itself, it works fine. > > > > This is pretty interesting stuff, and something I'm going to have to > > look into. > > > > Could I be incredibly presumptious and ask you for some more info to get > > me started on my way? > > > > Where would I start looking for info on what make flags are available > > for natd and my CPUs? I'm not seeing anything helpful in the README and > > my Makefile is very short. > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > -- Chris Bowman Vice President of Engineering O: 512-419-7419 x202 C: 512-417-6273 F: 512-419-7680 AIM: RRTXChris [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.korcett.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
