Way over the top for simple fw and dhcpd. but how much traffic will be involved? Investing in a good nics will return more then a pricey cpu and motherboard (eec mem is good idea for 24/7 tho).
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Jon Otterholm <jon.otterh...@ide.resurscentrum.se> wrote: > Hi. > > In the process to build a new router and want to choose the best possible > CPU for the job. > > Narrowed it down to the following: > > Intel Q9650 3,0Ghz > Intel i7-965/975 3,2Ghz/3,33Ghz > > What would be the benefit from a Xeon? > > Motherboard: Supermicro X8SBI-4LN. > RAM: 4GB > > The router will be running IPFW and Dummynet for traffic-shaping. Along with > that, standard services like dhcpd. > > Any thoughts appreciated. > > BG > //Jon > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
