[Xorp-users] regarding packet forwarding speed of xorp

[Ben Greear]

On 06/26/2012 05:30 AM, iarvind at cdac.in wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam
>
> I'm looking for a software router which has the capability of forwarding
> packets whose sizes range from 64 - 1518 bytes, at 10Gbps speed. I would
> like to know is XORP capable of forwarding at that speed.

Xorp just sets up the routing tables..it's the OS that does the packet
forwarding.  And, I don't think any OS on normal hardware can handle
10G at 64-byte frames.  Linux should be able to handle at least near 10G
with larger frames.

Thanks,
Ben

>
>
> Thanks&  Regards,
>
> I Aravind.
>
>
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