routing for 1000 users and 10Mbit internet.

[hugle]

FG> On Mon, 31 May 2004, hugle wrote:

>> dammit..
>> why then my users eats so much CPU?
>> look:
>> CPU states:  0.0% user,  0.0% nice,  0.8% system, 38.0% interrupt, 61.2% idle
>> Mem: 21M Active, 177M Inact, 133M Wired, 1228K Cache, 199M Buf, 1677M Free
>>
>> I have only 61% idle ?
>> usualy i have ~50 idle..
>> now I have P4 2.4GHZ
>>
>> maybe my setup is bad (kernel I mean)?

FG> My guess is either cheap hardware (NIC) or bad tuning. What NICs are you
FG> using?

I'm using Intel cards (fxp) at the moment. But from reading the posts
I've decided to buy GBIT NIC.
Now the dilema is what brand name.. INTEL or 3COM ? maybe you guys
could advice?

And yes, my PC is dealing with lots of network traffic.. It's a
gateway + shaping. It deals with almost 1000 users..

Will this PC (p4 2.4GHZ) deal with 10mbit internet? as a gateway +
shaper ? with one GBIT NIC connected to 100Mbit swith?


Thanks once more for your time guys, and thanks for your support



FG> 		Fer