The forwarding system of freebsd keeps the middle of fast switching and
cef.

It is very good in forwarding but you will need enough memory the hold
all the routes.

Packets are always cpu routed since there aren't any asics in current
pc's to do that stuff in hardware. CEF and dCEF are proprietary cisco
algorithms. But the BSD one is also very good and has the advantage of a
faster host cpu then most cisco systems (like 2600) has.

PS: don't use realteks in this environment

J.

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> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Adam Armstrong [mailto:adama dash lists at memetic dot org]
> Verzonden: vrijdag 11 november 2005 19:01
> Aan: Jonathan De Graeve; 'sai'
> CC: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
> Onderwerp: RE: [m0n0wall] RE: Dynamic Routing images
> 
> I'd say that 256MB of ram is just barely acceptable for a current full
> internet routing table. Processor speed is somewhat less important,
most
> internet routers have less than 733MHz behind them!
> 
> I'm somewhat unfamiliar with the forwarding methods used by FreeBSD,
does
> it
> have the ability to do processor-cheap fast-forwarding style things
and
> everything is cpu routed?
> 
> I assume there's no ability to do CEF/dCEF style forwarding with even
the
> more advanced PC NICs...
> 
> Thanks,
> Adam
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan De Graeve [mailto:Jonathan dot De dot Graeve at imelda dot be]
> > Sent: 11 November 2005 13:16
> > To: sai
> > Cc: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
> > Subject: [m0n0wall] RE: Dynamic Routing images
> >
> > I recommend 256MB ram and a minimum of P3 733Mhz for larger tables
> >
> > J.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan De Graeve
> > Network/System Administrator
> > Imelda vzw
> > Informatica Dienst
> > 015/50.52.98
> > Jonathan dot de dot graeve at imelda dot be
> >
> > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > > Van: sai [mailto:sonicsai at gmail dot com]
> > > Verzonden: vrijdag 11 november 2005 12:30
> > > Aan: Jonathan De Graeve
> > > CC: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
> > > Onderwerp: Re: Dynamic Routing images
> > >
> > > Jonathan,
> > > whats the performance like? How much memory does it take?
> > > I'd like to test but dont have the setup for multiple WAN....
> > >
> > > sai
> > >
> > > On 11/7/05, Jonathan De Graeve <Jonathan dot De dot Graeve at imelda dot be>
wrote:
> > > > I played this weekend with dynamic routing on m0n0wall.
> > > >
> > > > I thought: lets put the whole thing online so others can play
with
> > it
> > > > too :)
> > > >
> > > > Its basically an adapted version of the radius2 images with
support
> > for:
> > > >
> > > > RIP,OSPF,BGP,ISIS
> > > >
> > > > At this point you only can configure the stuff from the console
> > (option
> > > > 7)
> > > > Also the configuration isn't saved, so if you reboot you will
lose
> > it.
> > > >
> > > > You can put an base64 encoded Quagga.conf into your config and
the
> > > > system will write it out on bootup. You manually have to start
the
> > > > daemons you need.
> > > >
> > > > Config example:
> > > >
> > > > <m0n0wall>
> > > > <router>
> > > > 	</enable>
> > > > 	<config>base64encoded_quagga_conf_in_here</config>
> > > > </router>
> > > > </m0n0wall>
> > > >
> > > > The place to be:
> > > >
> > > > http://inf.imelda.be/downloads/m0n0wall/m0n0router/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > J.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Jonathan De Graeve
> > > > Network/System Administrator
> > > > Imelda vzw
> > > > Informatica Dienst
> > > > 015/50.52.98
> > > > jonathan dot de dot graeve at imelda dot be
> > > >
> > > > ---------
> > > > Always read the manual for the correct way to do things because
the
> > > > number of incorrect ways to do things is almost infinite
> > > > ---------
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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