Re: _High_ CPU usage while routing (mostly) small UDP packets

[Karsten Desler]

Con Kolivas <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I had a similar scenario recently with a very low spec box and found it to 
> be the QoS. Disabling traffic shaping and removing the QoS modules made it 
> much faster. I don't know if you're using them but it's worth pointing out.

No QoS loaded.
.config is attached.

Thanks,
 Karsten
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