* Daniel Ouellet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-27 09:37]: > Henning Brauer wrote: > >* Daniel Ouellet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-27 08:58]: > >>I am trying to understand or see if there would be differences between > >>using OpenBSD for routing in a setup where the routing is done between > >>two VLan's for example oppose to between to physical network cards. > >> > >>Any impact on the pps capability between the two? > > > >not really. > > Because in both cases the full packet content, header and all need/would > be move between the network card vlan 2 to memory then back to the same > card vlan 3 for example, oppose to card 1 to memory, then card 2?
yeah > So, it might only make a difference then on big packets that would need > to cross over a PCI bridge then? Or not even then? doesn't make a difference > I am really trying to find ways to increase the pps limitations. use better network cards, or start hacking :) -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
