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SubjectRe: why does netfilter make upload very slow? (was: Re: e1000 -> 82540EM on linux 2.6.0-test[45] very slow in one direction)
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Harald Welte wrote:
>>Would somebody like to explain why netfilter (in kernel, but not in use)
>>makes upload go very slow? I am by no means a network guru, but eager to
>>learn :-)
>
>
> let's get this straight. There are five possible cases
>
> a) CONFIG_NETFILTER disabled. you won't even have the netfilter hooks
> in the network stack (so certainly no netfilter-using modules loaded)

no problem

> b) CONFIG_NETFILTER enabled, but _no_ modules (iptable_filter,
> ip_conntrack, ...) attached to the netfilter hook

no problem

> c) CONFIG_NETFILTER enabled and iptable_filter.o (which pulls ip_tables.o)
> loaded, NO RULES in the table

no problem

> d) CONFIG_NETFILTER enabled and iptable_filter.o (which pulls ip_tables.o)
> loaded, RULES in the table

no problem (as long as i dont load any rules that require ip_conntrack)

> e) CONFIG_NETFILTER enabled and ip_conntrack.o loaded, iptable_filter
> loaded or not, rules or not

*boink*

whenever i try to load ip_conntrack the nic performance drops from 5mb/s
to 200k/s.

still using 2.6.0-test6.

regards,
Florian


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