[RP-PPPoE] CPU Requirements and Latency Effects of rp-pppoe Server

[David F. Skoll]

On Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:16:21 -0400
Charles Tassell <charles at islandadmin.ca> wrote:

>    I'm looking into creating a PPPoE server for a wireless network
> and I was wondering what sort of requirements in terms of CPU I would
> need with rp-pppoe?  Can I run a few hundred users of a standard
> Intel i5 or am I going to need an SMP Xeon system to avoid latency
> issues?

If you use kernel-mode PPPoE, and you have enough RAM (let's say 50MB/session)
for all the pppd processes, then you can probably get away with a
2.4GHz Pentium.  But really, you need to run load tests to find out
for yourself.

Regards,

David.