On Monday 16 Mar 2009, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:48 AM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
A "proper" router costs 30K ++++. And does less than a linux box with a few extra packages. DNS is just one of the problems. Running a
Oh really? A Linux box on a x86 / x86_64 cannot handle the several bazillion packets per second
Umm their BW must be bagazillions then. Considering that 2Mbps leased lines are a luxury in most places, you would have to munge a few cds physically thru the router to get that traffic.
that hit a CISCO router. None of the motherboards actually have the amount of bandwidth that REAL routers have.
partly true. However read previous para. A slow poke 33MBs (264mbps) pci slot will be able to handle a 100mbps local pipe blasting stuff out on a 2Mbps external link.
the bottle necks are elsewhere.
caching dns will solve the intermittent zero access problems. It still wont help the speed problem without a block list for the doze boxes.
agreed.
-- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi