Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 17:09:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Osier <mosier@krunch.med.yale.edu>
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Right. However for some of us, we need to keep separate systems connected
w/o IP Masquerading. My understanding is that IP Masq. adds a speed
bottleneck on the connection due to the linux box needing to process all
packets. Is this correct?
It may depend on just how old and slow the linux box is.
I never had any troubles with using a PII 300 for a router on a
10-base-T network.
The CS Department used to used a bunch of Suns to do routing on the
old 10-base-2 network. There was some concern that the Suns were not
as fast as a router would be, but I was never convinced of it.
If performance is the only issue, I would be surprised if it is a big
enough issue to matter.
-Bradley
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