[kwlug disc.] OpenWRT on WL-500GP: (Was: Request for kernel compile time)

[L.D. Paniak]

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I thought the Asus had a 300MHz proc vs a 233MHz in the GL, but clock
speed is a poor indicator of performance.

Hence, here are the scores for a Wl500gP and a WRT54GL using the
benchmark suggested by Khalid the other day (modified for gzip rather
than bzip2):

time dd if=/dev/urandom bs=32k count=5000 | gzip -c > /dev/null &

Asus WL-500g Premium (2.6.23 kernel, no wireless, idle):
	real	19m 35.53s
	user	0m 0.06s
	sys	11m 8.24s

WRT54GL (2.4.30 kernel, wireless on, idle):
	real	22m 30.75s
	user	0m 0.11s
	sys	11m 29.45s

While not exactly apples to apples, I think the Asus takes this test of
the CPU/memory subsystem.

Cheers,
Lori

Daniel Agar wrote:

> 
> I've been trying to decide between the linksys WRT54GL or the Asus
> WL-500G. I think the asus has twice the memory, but doesn't the linksys
> have a faster processor (according to dd-wrt supported devices page). I'm
> looking to get the most reliable and fastest router for fairly heavy
> traffic.
> 
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