Is there any hardware besides building a pc (which is hard to mount to a tower) that has enough power to properly support and maximize the potentional of a dual nstreme setup? I have done testing with the rb333 and the 532a's and they both come up short on cpu. Or is there a setting I am missing? I did disable connection tracking.

Mimbach

An RB333 definitely shouldn't come up short. What tests are you doing and how do you know that the CPU is the limiting factor?

What's the highest throughput reported so far on RB333? and CPU loading?
It would be great to see a performance comparison to x86, in Nstreme and Nstreme2
IMHO the newer RB's look great, there should be some formal comparative benchmarking, say PPS and Mbps in various wired/wireless bridged/routed configurations
<edit> I just spotted this:
http://routerboard.com/pdf/results_18may2007.pdf and
http://routerboard.com/comparison.html, perhaps the wireless throughput should be added ..

Tower-mounted x86 does exist: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/CableFree ... /PhotosHPR
uses x86-class hardware and can do 80Mbps UDP Full Duplex Nstreme2 throughput with under 40-50% CPU load
and is designed to be tower/pole mounted, POE, proven in harsh climates etc and also with up to 5 radio cards makes a great P2MP base station. Of course x86 architecture is inherently a bit more expensive, but it does work well.

Regards

CableFree Solutions

can i have 4?
nice enclosures

steven

Anyone interested, best to drop a mail direct:
[Of course this is MT's support forum, not an advertising board]

stephen <dot> patrick [at] cablefree <dot> co <dot> uk

We have a lot of customer experience with these fast x86 platforms now, extremely positive, many high-profile references.

Regards