> Are you using amd64 or i386 kernel ? the config implies you are using > i386
On firewall, i386 > > I found > kern.polling.idle_poll=1 > to improve performance in polling. Oh, that does it! Excellent! Performance jumped to 930mbit in single thread instantly. > Also, try updating the box to 6.2 > first as there are quite a few improvements to the em driver Done, it seems like CPU usage is less now > You can also fiddle with assigning less to userspace with > kern.polling.user_frac=30 > Don remember for sure, but ipfw seemed to be a bit faster that pf. > Also with no firewall loaded there seemed to be quite a bit more > throughput... However, that kind of defeats the purpose of a firewall. ;) Now the actual firewall test comes. pv vs ipf vs ipfw vs SonicWall 5060. Stay tuned for results. Thanks! Kirill _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
