[Soekris] net5501 network throughput

Vincent Li vincent.mc.li at gmail.com
Sat Jul 5 20:41:21 UTC 2008


> A 5501 can handle the full bandwidth of 100M links. However whether a
> 5501 can handle your environment depends on how complex a ruleset you
> are planning on using for firewalling.
>
> Do you know which OS/firewall package you would like to use? Also, what
> do you have in place for a firewall right now?

I am considering OpenBSD PF on it, I don't think I will have  complex
rules. It will be configured as transparent firewall to block some
ports access to my subnet.


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