Firewall internal network interface traffic
Test hosts outside firewall:
mediaw1: Sun Ultra Enterprise 450 (3 X UltraSPARC-II 296MHz)
iest14: Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 333MHz)
Test hosts inside and outside firewall:
ntec5: Celeron 500
ntec2: Celeron 466
| no. of host | Total Throughput accross fw | Total Throughput outside fw | Drop % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 89.12 Mbit/s | 89.66 Mbit/s | 0.60 |
| 2 | 90.30 Mbit/s | 90.55 Mbit/s | 0.27 |
Firewall
csh> cat /proc/net/dev
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
lo:15573778 119942 0 0 0 0 0 0 15573778 119942 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth0:3216500712 180070858 2 0 16 2 0 0 1723782565 151484330 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth1:3680493571 173011974 0 0 16 0 0 0 683065716 158476591 0 0 0 0 0 0
ntec5
csh> cat /proc/net/dev
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
lo: 1260 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1260 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth0: 0 12348643 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11596175 0 0 0 0 0 0
ntec1
csh> cat /proc/net/dev
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
lo: 1323 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1323 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth0:805517706 8384953 0 0 0 0 0 0 3771065649 8206514 0 0 0 0 0 0