iptables throughput

[ron.peterson at yellowbank.com (ron.peterson at yellowbank.com)]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 01:18:10AM -0400, Andy Davidoff wrote:

> Is there a reason you favor Linux over "hardware" solutions?

Cost.  We were looking at the packeteer, but they're kind of rich.  I'm
fairly comfortable w/ iptables, so it wouldn't really be difficult.  I
just don't know exactly what to expect in terms of performance at that
scale.

I've been scrounging the web, but haven't really run into very much real
information.  I did find this link to some homebrew testing:

http://www.mlug.net/mlug-list/2001_Frames/msg01374.html

I think I'll be running some tests myself to get a better handle on
this.  I'll post back my results when I'm done.

Today is a spontaneous college holiday though, so I'm going to go sit
outside and watch the clouds go by while I drink my coffee, and then go
play with my kids.

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