Linux and FreeBSD networking
reddit / BSD

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icantthinkofone · 2018-11-13 13:24

> Often I read statements about the FreeBSD networking stack being
faster and more mature than the Linux counterpart, but I didn’t find
any comparative tests between the two OS

Completely ignoring the published tests by Netflix.

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recourse7 · 2018-11-13 17:44

netgate - the makers of pfsense are moving to linux because of dpdk.

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[deleted] · 2018-11-13 21:36

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X-Istence · 2018-11-13 21:42

This is incorrect. DPDK also runs on FreeBSD, and indeed Netgate here
specifies they want to build on top of that on FreeBSD:

https://www.netgate.com/blog/further-a-roadmap-for-pfsense.html

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recourse7 · 2018-11-13 21:46

Well PfSense 3.0 will NOT be based on Freebsd.

https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/6upchy/can_a_bsd_system_r
eplicate_the_performance_of/dlvmkdu/

Note the reply by Gonzopancho saying that No they will not be using
FreeBSD.

From this thread - https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/6upchy
/can_a_bsd_system_replicate_the_performance_of/

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Mgladiethor · 2018-11-14 02:05

Nice

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daemonpenguin · 2018-11-14 15:58

Odd because he links to a roadmap which specifically says PfSense 3.0
will be based on FreeBSD. and that they plan to make it so pfSense can
be added as a package to a vanilla FreeBSD system.
https://www.netgate.com/blog/further-a-roadmap-for-pfsense.html

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recourse7 · 2018-11-14 16:05

I agree it is odd.   I think its just an old roadmap and over the last
3 years their plans have changed do to VPP and DPDK on linux.

It hasn't been super easy to find what is really going on with
pfsense/netgate and freebsd but as far as I can tell from their
postings on /r/PFSENSE and /r/Netgate that they are moving to linux.

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Xerxero · 2018-11-16 21:49

There is always opensense if you really want to use FreeBSD as your
router.

But it would be too bad if pfsense would move to Linux.