Yes, maybe it's too slow.
It's a Pentium 3 900MHz with 768 MB RAM. It has three Intel PRO/1000 and 
a 802.11b card (will try a 802.11g soon).

/ Dennis

Chris Buechler wrote:
> On 12/23/06, Dennis Karlsson <dennis at denniskarlsson dot com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> FYI;
>>
>> The firewall CPU usage goes up to 100% when downloading a few torrents
>> at a total of 5-6MB/s.
>>
> 
> What are your hardware specs?
> 
> This is likely normal and was expected (unless your hardware is
> clearly oversized).  This version of FreeBSD requires significantly
> more hardware than previous versions, though with SMP systems it's
> faster than the older versions.  With multi-core CPU's becoming the
> norm, OS's have had to make changes to take advantage of SMP.  In the
> process, uniprocessor systems, especially sub-300 MHz systems, have
> seen a significant performance reduction.  You'll see your max
> throughput drop roughly in half on slower hardware.
> 
> -Chris
> 
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