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Chris Buechler wrote: > On 5/30/05, shwing <shwing at shwinux dot com> wrote: > >>I have a WRAP (PC Engines WRAP.1D-2) and my DMZ server is PIII 800Mhz (512Mb >>of ram) >> > > > This is why you typically don't put things that require fast > throughput, like a file server, on a DMZ segment. 4.4 MBps is around > 35 Mbps, which is about the max throughput of a WRAP. It's only a 266 > MHz, sub $200 USD box. It's not suitable and not designed to route > wire speed, and you won't find that in any box at that price. A 1 GHz > or so should do wire speed. Just FYI, I get wire speed with a celeron 400. > If you really need excellent performance > from a file server on a different subnet, a L3 switch is the way to > go. > > -Chris |