Dual Core CPU or Single

RouterOS General
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Hi all,
i install MT for Qos 30mbit. When Qos Running, CPU load above 100%
CPU is 3GHz P IV 1Mb L2 cache …
It is Better use new CPU dual core (Core2duo, Pentium D) or Intel Xeon CPU ? I dont know, how is working microtik on dualcore CPU ?

sorry for my bed english

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i know there are better ways to do QOS, more efficient, but i dont know them, someone else will chime in, but with the hardware you have I KNOW you can do QOS on > 30mbit of traffic with MT.

as for the dual core question, MT does not support dual core CPUS yet so it wont even recognize the 2nd core. the dual core cpu will work, but only on one core

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Yes, it’s not supported yet, but it’s available in the 3beta if you’re that desperate:

*) added initial support for SMP on x86 (use it on your own risk);

Apparently a 233MHz WRAP can push 40Mbit/sec raw - so on your box I would expect much better as suggested by jo2jo.

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you can group your users into.. amm… groups and if there are less rules to process less work for CPU…

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I have RB532 (330 Mhz CPU) it can take 30Mbps heavy P2P traffic QoS.
There is something wrong with your configuration

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No Offense.
Comlpletely Disagree as I only get 3Mbps with over 250 clients ie 250 IPs going through QoS(Queue Tree and Firewall Rules) . Very dissapointed with RB532. PC Based for QoS unit is much better.

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is your configuration optmised?

allmost as perl - one thing can be done in many ways. or you can screw things maney ways - same here with ROS you can create rules for each user or for user groups, maybe some more optimisation can be done in configuration.

when crating a configuration you have to think about best alternatives. very often we just add rules and no consideration about is this optimal?

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Is dualcore better/fully supported by now? Would it help out in the problems I some times have with bandwidth-testing?
(Bandwidth testing causes my box to go 100% on both sides. A dual-core on the server-side could/should keep that CPU from going 100%, right?)

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well…
I can not think of a situation, 3Hgz CPU goes to maximum…

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Try running bandwidth-test server on your 3Ghz and see what CPU-usage on that box you get when you connect to it with a bandwidth-test client. :sunglasses: