From: "Søren Klintrup" <none@bigchief--aub.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk>
To: <none@bsd-dk--hotel.prosa.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk>
Subject: Sv: {Free,Net}BSD
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:14:15 +0100
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Fra: Philippe Regnauld <none@regnauld--deepo.prosa.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk>
Til: bsd-dk@hotel.prosa.d <none@bsd-dk--hotel.prosa.d.lh.bsd-dk.dk>
Dato: 19. januar 1999 13:08
Emne: Re: {Free,Net}BSD
>
> Well, the TCP/IP code in FreeBSD (being BSD) has been tested
> and optimized for a much longer time (which also means it looks
> kind of weird :-) -- most ISPs will prefer BSDI/FreeBSD/*BSD over
> Linux for the net perf.
Oh .. my memory weren't that rotten then :)
> Also, a recent posting (I'll dig it up) showed Linux's VM to be
> of a cleaner design, (FreeBSD's is much more complicated), but
> Linux stills falls over when it starts swapping heavily.
oh ok :) looking foward to it :)
> (Anyway, the rule is: don't swap -- buy more RAM :-)
well ... 128 Megs should be enough for starters :)
>> We're about to upgrade our firewall in a 1100 user complex and network
>> performance is ofcourse of some importance here :)
>
> Depends on which (or all) of the three you do:
>
> - packet filtering
> - NAT
> - proxy (i.e.: application level) relaying
>
> Also, the speed of your link...
The primary functions needed of the firewall is :
- NAT
- Proxy Server (Caching)
- Security.
The security is very basic, don't let anyone in, and only let allowed IP addresses out.
>> if theres any links/documents on this subject ??
>>
>> anyone who can confirm this ??? (or maybe the opposite :)
>
> I have a 2.2.7-R box running as a packet filter, two ethernets
> (internet side = 512 KBps), with an estimated 300~400 users,
> and this is the average load right now (K6-200, 64MB RAM):
sounds good .. :)
Theres 1100 possible users on this network, with a total of 411 Internet users (still growing with 2-4 new users a day :), some users have 3 or more machines...
We have a 512 Kbit Internet connection but it will possibly be upgraded to a 2 Mbit as soon as possible (the price is the biggest concern here .. any of you know of a 2 Mbit priced at 20000 dkr a month (FREE TRAFIC now heres the expensive part :).
I'm probably gonna recommend FreeBSD 3.0-R if the 3.0 doesn't go to stable before we get the router ... (i hope so :)
> 12:58PM up 63 days, 1:37, 1 user, load averages: 0.14, 0.10, 0.06
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