Re: Network performance

2005-05-26 Thread Johan Sunnerstig
> >> > > Dont have a crappy mobo chipset and anything over 800 mhz > >> > would be able to > >> > > do plenty filterings. I guess a P2 450 could work also.. > >> > yes, but a P2-233 should have enough HP for standard stuff, > >> routing of > >> > 100mbit + some not so complex filtering with normal

Re: Network performance

2005-05-31 Thread Johan Sunnerstig
Well, some of the stories told in this thread were certainly entertaining. Anyway, figured I'd follow up with the results of the weekends work. Using the following hardware: 440BX motherboard 2 Linksys EG1032(sk) cards P-II 450 MHz 3.6 since I didn't have any 3.7 CD's of floppys around. It's fina

Re: Network performance

2005-05-31 Thread Johan Sunnerstig
Oupsie...tired... > -Original Message- > From: Dunceor . [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: den 31 maj 2005 13:54 > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Network performance > > > Just a little note there, 280 SEK is NOT 350$, but 35$ :) A 0 to much. > >

Network performance

2005-05-20 Thread Johan Sunnerstig
Hi all. I recently upgraded my net connection from 10 to 100 Mbit, and not surprisingly my old P-II 233 MHz didn't quite cut it anymore. I'd get to around 45 Mbit throughput, at which point the irq load would shoot to 90+%. So I figured I'd try with an Ultra5, same thing, around 45 Mbit and the

Re: Network performance

2005-05-22 Thread Johan Sunnerstig
> Hi, > > > More Mhz. Not crappy nics, get xl,fxp,dc etc. Or maybe > gigabit nics like > > em(4). > I think he has xl and sk in the machine, sk is probably the > most decent > thing one can get at the moment. xl I had quite mixed results > in the past, > so changing that one into another sk mig

Re: Network performance

2005-05-24 Thread Johan Sunnerstig
> > Hi, > > > > > More Mhz. Not crappy nics, get xl,fxp,dc etc. Or maybe > > gigabit nics like > > > em(4). > > I think he has xl and sk in the machine, sk is probably the > > most decent > > thing one can get at the moment. xl I had quite mixed results > > in the past, > > so changing that one