[100773] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: cpu needed to NAT 45mbs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Darden, Patrick S.)
Thu Nov 8 14:57:51 2007
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:56:58 -0500
In-Reply-To: <47336295.2000400@personnelware.com>
From: "Darden, Patrick S." <darden@armc.org>
To: "Carl Karsten" <carl@personnelware.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
From my experience, a fast P4 linux box with 2 good NICs can NAT 45Mbps =
easily. I am NAT/PATing >4,000 desktops with extensive access control =
lists and no speed issues. This isn't over a 45Mb T3--this is over 100 =
Mb Ethernet.
--Patrick Darden
--ARMC, Internetworking Manager
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
Carl Karsten
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:25 PM
To: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: cpu needed to NAT 45mbs
I do the networking in my house, and hang out with guys that do =
networking in=20
small offices that have a few T1s. Now I am talking to people about a =
DS3=20
connection for 500 laptops*, and I am bing told "a p4 linux box with 2 =
nics=20
doing NAT will not be able to handle the load." I am not really =
qualified to=20
say one way or the other. I bet someone here is.
* for wifi, going to be using this system:
http://wavonline.com/vendorpages/extricom.htm
March 13-17 (testing a week or 2 before) for PyCon in Chicago.
If anyone wants to see it in action, etc. drop me a line.
Carl K