Doing a little download speed test using the DSL Reports site....
Using my laptop (Dell Core 2 @ 2ghz with 2 GB ram using the onboard NIC running Windows XP w/SP3) I get a download speed as per DSL Reports of 618 when running through the Astaro Gateway. If I connect my laptop directly to my cable modem I get a download speed as per DSL Reports of 1257. The upload speed was virtually the same for both connection methods. I thought that my hardware that the Astaro is running on may be the issue (old Dell Server P4@1.7 with 1 GB ram and a pair of DLink 10/100 NICs). I did the test again while I monitored the Dashboard of the Gateway on another system and found that the CPU usage went up to 12% and the Ram was in the low 60%....This leads me to believe that the speed penalty is not from the Gateway hardware but due to the scanning/processing that the Gateway is doing.
Has anybody else noted a loss of download speed when your traffic is running through the Gateway? It would be interesting to have a few people test this out to see if their results match mine or if they have totally different results.
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