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That would be me with the reduced CPU load on a PII 233, and the numbers cited by Chris are about right. Jesse, could you explain exactly how to enable "link0"? I can't find it explained in the archives. /Anders ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Guardiani" <jesse at wingnet dot net> To: <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:36 PM Subject: [m0n0wall] Re: Re: Performance Question, P-90 vs. Soekris Net4501 > Chris Buechler wrote: > >> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:46:37 -0500, James W. McKeand <james at mckeand dot biz> >> wrote: >>> >>> The NSC SC1100 would be the processor in the net4801 (actually >>> 266MHz). The net4501 has a 133MHz AMD ElanSC520, thus the 486 class. >>> >>> So, between running at 133MHz (vs. 90MHz) and the SDRAM (vs. EDO or >>> whatever) I believe we have the reasons behind the performance >>> difference between a net4501 and a P90 system. >>> >>> Could the NICs in the P90 also cause problems? How about that ISA >>> NIC... >>> >> >> I agree. I'd look at what NIC's are being used, and get rid of >> anything ISA. All PCI Intels or 3Coms should make it a closer >> matchup. >> >> There was recently somebody on the list that I suggested switch to >> Intels, and he posted back later saying it fixed the issue he was >> having, and also dropped CPU utilization from ~35% to ~7% on a PII >> 233. (I don't remember the exact details, but NIC's can make that big >> of a difference) > > And if you do a lot of traffic, *and* have an fxp NIC, it's worth > hacking your config.xml to add the "link0" flag to your ifconfig. > link0 provides IRQ mitigation, thus freeing the CPU a bit. > > -- > Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator > WingNET Internet Services, > P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 > 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) > http://www.wingnet.net > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2005-02-22 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2005-02-22 |