Re: Networking with slow CPUs

From: pjd@fred001.dynip.com
Date: Fri Mar 29 2002 - 06:33:54 EST


Robert Schwebel wrote:
>
> Is there a possibility to "harden" a small machine (33 MHz embedded
> device) against e.g. flood pings from the outside world?

It *is* bleeding edge, as someone else pointed out, but you should
really investigate NAPI. It's designed to make Linux resiliant against
non-flow-controlled network loads like routing, which sounds like
just the ticket.
 --
 Peter Desnoyers
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