RE: BGP / Zebra
The machine is running 2.2 kernel
I don't think zebra is supported on 2.4.x kernels
I don't know what type of nic there is, but ill will check it out
Thank you
-anders
# -----Original Message-----
# From: Damian Gerow [mailto:damian@sentex.net]
# Sent: 11. januar 2002 17:31
# To: Anders Gjære
# Subject: Re: BGP / Zebra
#
#
#
# >I have a router running BGP / Zebra, and it seems like the maximum
# >throughput is 25Mbit/s
# >
# >BGP and Zebra using 100% cpu together, and alternating on
# witch using
# >most.
# >
# >The machine is a pII 233 with 196mb ram.
# >
# >What hardware/config-changes do i need to be able to route 100Mbit/s?
#
# You may have gotten this already, but...
#
# Generally, consumer hardware products are not manufactured to produce
# stable, high-quality output. They are manufactured so the
# company can make
# money -- so as cheaply as possible, while still being somewhat
# reliable. In many cases, with computers, what you pay for
# *is* what you
# get. It always helps to know what the wholesale cost of the
# product is.
#
# To start with, what kind of NICs are you using? If you've
# got RealTek or
# DLink NICs in the box, replace them with 3Com or Intel EEPro10/100
# cards. You'll probably see better throughput. There are
# probably even
# better cards than those two, but they're the two best
# consumer devices I've
# come across. Oh, and make sure they're PCI cards, and not
# ISA (for the
# next reason)...
#
# Side note, the RealTek and StarTech NICs at a local store
# were being bought
# at $14, and resold for $50. The 3Com NICs were being bought
# at $55, and
# resold at $65.
#
# Secondly, try your motherboard -- if the PCI bus speed is
# only 66Mb/s, then
# you'll only be able to do about 60Mbps -- you'll *never* hit 100Mbps,
# because your motherboard just physically can't handle it.
# Note that the
# ISA bus speed is usually slower than PCI, so you'll get even
# slower throughput.
#
# Thirdly, it may not be your hardware at all, but
# configuration. Are you
# running the default kernel? Do you have SCSI enabled, but no
# SCSI cards in
# your machine? If the box is acting as a router, there should be very
# little *other than* networking that's enabled. There's
# something about
# fast forwarding in the 2.4 kernel that I haven't played with...
#
# Hope that helps a bit.
#
#
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