Re: [Mldonkey-users] providing epoll support for mldonkey

[Christian Loitsch]

> I think my adsl modem/router (Alcatel speedtouch Home ethernet) cannot
> handle more than 300~400 connections simultaneously, so the question is
> : since most of us are adsl users does it worth the effort to implement
> epoll in mldonkey to handle so few connections.
I guess this depends if your speedtouch is configured as modem, or as
router.  Normally only speedtouch home pros are capable of providing
NAT/router functiality, but it is possible to update the firmware.

If only configured as modem, there shouldn't be any reason for the
300-400 connection-limit, in fact the speedtouch should only packets,
which it will put onto the wire.

If it is a router (especially a NAT-router), the number of connections
is limited by the "lookup"-table, this table also exists inside the
linux-kernel, but it is possible to augment the size.

If your speedtouch is configured as modem, the bottleneck should be
inside the kernel, or the bandwidth.


christian