Re: tinc throughput on alix machines

2010-03-18 Thread Michael Braun
Hi, Jelle de Jong schrieb: > Michael Braun wrote, on 18-03-10 02:18: >> I've tried disabling the cryptodev and replacing the kernel with a stock >> debian one but this did not help. Though, it did help a very little bit >> to decrease mtu size of the tinc device to 1400 (about 200Kb/sec). >> >> Wh

Re: tinc throughput on alix machines

2010-03-18 Thread Jelle de Jong
Michael Braun wrote, on 18-03-10 02:18: > I've tried disabling the cryptodev and replacing the kernel with a stock > debian one but this did not help. Though, it did help a very little bit > to decrease mtu size of the tinc device to 1400 (about 200Kb/sec). > > What OS / distribution are you runni

Re: tinc throughput on alix machines

2010-03-17 Thread Michael Braun
Hi, Jelle de Jong schrieb: > I got a hole bunch of alix systems running with tinc to create a wan. > > I have no issues with the bandwidth throughput. I do not use the > crypto unit since the openssl lib does not (yet) work with the > hardware on debian gnu/linux. > > I use the following setting

Re: tinc throughput on alix machines

2010-03-17 Thread Michael Braun
Hi, Guus Sliepen schrieb: > This is necessary because some architectures impose alignment restrictions > that > would cause tinc to misbehave or segfault if you cast a random char * pointer > to a mac_t *. I wouldn't have ever imagined, thanks :) > >> Running gprof it reports no time spent but

Re: tinc throughput on alix machines

2010-03-17 Thread Guus Sliepen
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 01:36:58AM +0100, michael-dev wrote: > I've setup a wlan ap using a an alix 2d2 (AMD Geode LX 500 Mhz + AES Offload) > [...] the best throughput I get is aroung 2,9 MByte per second (wget+http) > (even if the client is run locally). Hm, Geodes are not very fast, but this d

Re: tinc throughput on alix machines

2010-03-17 Thread Jelle de Jong
Hi Michael, michael-dev wrote, on 17-03-10 01:36: > Does somebody have any numbers around on what one could expect on a > 500 Mhz machine using tinc with/without encryption or on what to > try out to improve throughput? I got a hole bunch of alix systems running with tinc to create a wan. I have

Re: tinc throughput on alix machines

2010-03-17 Thread michael-dev
Hi Mike, Mike Bentzen schrieb: > You could try turning compression off, but will probably result in more > bandwidth being used. > But you might see a performance increase. thanks for that hint but I didn't enable compression in the config file so according to the man page there shouldn't be any

Re: tinc throughput on alix machines

2010-03-16 Thread Mike Bentzen
If you've turned on compression and set it high, it will have a big impact. You might want to play with the compression settings. High compression uses up more CPU and will be slower. You could try turning compression off, but will probably result in more bandwidth being used. But you might see a