Re: Snort 2.0 dropping packets

[Bennett Todd <bet () rahul net>]

2003-04-21T13:23:32 Edin Dizdarevic:
> The next thing you may try to improve is the memory throughput,
> from the NICs to the RAM and RAM/CPU. That means 64Bit machines
> are what is coming next. ;) Using a "fast-FSB"-CPU may help too.

Or one like the recently-slashdotted[1,2] 3GHz P4 w/ Canterwood
chipset, that apparently provides 2Gbps for the network interface.

But the asker in this case was having trouble with losing packets on
a 10Mbps ethernet; they need to fix their snort setup, they don't
need to buy new hardware.

-Bennett

[1] <URL:http://slashdot.org/articles/03/04/14/1111233.shtml?tid=118&tid=137>
[2] <URL:http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/CCAM/p4_3g800_i875.shtml>

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