Hi

I have to identical x86 routers with the following specifications,

hw.model: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU  330   @ 1.60GHz
hw.physmem: 2132996096
hw.usermem: 1787252736
hw.realmem: 2146041856
2x re0: <RealTek 8168/8168B/8168C/8168CP/8168D/8111B/8111C/8111CP PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xd800-0xd8ff mem 0xfeaff000-0xfeafffff,0xfdef0000-0xfdefffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2

I know it's not really the best equipment to use in gbit-enviroments but that is irrelevant here.

One of these runs FreeBSD 7.2 (R-p4) and the other Linux 2.6.31.5.

Without pf/iptables loaded the FreeBSD-server maxes out at 35MB/s when it comes to forwarding between the two NICs (simple http-transfer used for testing). The Linux-server pushes 90-100MB/s between the NICs with the same test. Both servers are connected the same way to the network (I swap them between the testing).

Any suggestions on where the gigantic performance loss might be and how to fix it?

I intend to switch FreeBSD 8 in the coming month and maybe that will fix the problem but I am hoping it's also fixable in 7.2.

Sincerely,
Sebastian  H.
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