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List:       jaxlug-list
Subject:    Re: [JaxLUG] Linux as proxy question
From:       gashalot () gashalot ! com
Date:       1999-09-17 21:36:48
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Daniel Stringfield wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Brad Lafer wrote:
> 
> > We are installing a network using Linux as the firewall and router for
> > internal net traffic to get to the internet. Does anyone have any ideas how
> > many users can use one server without seeing any slower throughput. The
> > server is a 400 Mhz with 128 Mg ram and 100 mbps network cards. We will have
> > a t1 to the internet.
> 
> It all depends on what they will do be doing.  You will notice a
> difference between 1 and 2 machines on a T1.  Everythings relative.
> 
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>             Daniel Stringfield  <dstringf@fccj.org>
>            Florida Community College at Jacksonville
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If it's just a straight router environment (if you've got a T1 I am
assuming they give you more than 1 IP address) then Linux should scale
up to well beyond 2 T3's worth of bandwidth (45mbit).  However, if you
run additional services on that machine you'll notice a slowdown when
very CPU-intensive operations are taking place.  The figures above only
represent Linux just passing packets back and forth (with some
firewalling perhaps) like a Cisco would.

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