[plug] Packets per second

[Shackleton, Kevin]

I have just read up an EdWA internal document about setting up a router at a
local school.  This is an NT machine that is supposed to keep the admin and
students (called the "curriculum" LAN) apart.  Being an NT router, it only
does simple filtering based on TCP and UDP ports.

The document says a preferred option is to use a Cisco 2-port router, which
is faster and doesn't load up the NT machine, which is also the admin
server.  Their best option is to use a firewall router but they say this is
much too expensive for typical schools.

It all sounds like they don't understand the detail in their options, so
they go for the simple solution or a proprietary solution.

Does anyone in this sort of working area know what sort of
packets-per-second are processed by an NT router, a Cisco router and (say) a
P400 running Linux and ipchains?

K.