Ipsec throughput on a Cisco 837 device

[a-craick]

Does anyone know where i can find some information regarding the ipsec throughput on one of these routers ?

I can't seem to find any information from Cisco anywhere on the site. I'm considering getting the Plus image of IOS on the units as they'll be on 512/382 ADSL links and don't want the encryption to become a bottleneck.

I have a unit on loan that has the image without hardware accelleration so can anyone tell me what i need to look at to see when I might be getting a problem. What processes specifically and what other tools can i use to check throughput.

thanks

[d-garnett]

I just deployed a bunch of 831's for remote office users (all of the sites have less than 10 users). They are all on DSL and Cable Links

I deployed a bunch of 806's a while back, but they went end of life. No throughput issues in either case. I think that the 800 series are pretty much fixed model routers (No Cards)

scroll down a little bit for the table. I keep this page in my 'Favorites'

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns340/ns394/ns171/ns125/netbr09186a00801f0a72.html#wp1001891

also a neat feature

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps380/prod_bulletin09186a008015d020.html

"What processes specifically and what other tools can i use to check throughput."

The bigger drain may be on the CPU if anything. I play with alot of stuff from Foundstone when it comes to testing. But note that one of the tools may be flagged as the UDPFlood trojan by your Antivirus

http://www.foundstone.com/