[Soekris] speed throughput

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2011-02-22, Nick Knight <nick at omniis.com> wrote:
>
> I am looking to get a feeling for the capability of the soekris equipment. I
> have been using the net 4501 for a number of years and just started looking
> at the 5501.
>
> As Internet speeds are increasing so has the requirements on these devices.
>
> So what experiences do you have of getting high speed through put and on
> what OS/device etc.
>
> We have only taken the net 5501 up to around 20MB, throughput - will you get
> more through it?

Yes, but how much throughput you can get depends on packet sizes,
OS and configuration. While you can get close to 100mb/s with bulk
transfers, fire a bunch of small packets through and it will be
much more restricted.