On Monday 2005-September-05 13:36, Javier Miguel Rodríguez wrote:
> My ruleset will be rather short: 500-600 lines, with SNAT/DNAT in
(That doesn't seem short to me.)
> Which gigabit ethernet card is more suitable for high perfomance
> filtering?
I know and trust the Intels, but I can't say how they will compare.
> Any special advice about linux distro/ kernel tuning?
Distro: whatever you are comfortable using. Any can do it.
CPU: 64-bit processors do not have the same memory address space
limitation as do the 32-bit CPU's.
Kernel: if a 32-bit CPU, there are simple patches available which allow
you to specify a LOWMEM / HIGHMEM split other than the default 1G / 3G.
For 1G physical RAM, this is preferable to activating HIGHMEM. I think
mine is set at 1.25G / 2.75G for 1G RAM.
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