From 3a9f54fdf10a2519d26105d94c2ec8239bfa956f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: paulgear <paulgear@fbd18981-670d-0410-9b5c-8dc0c1a9a2bb>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 03:04:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Paul's hard-nosed answer to FAQ 34 :-\)

git-svn-id: https://shorewall.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/shorewall/trunk@3259 fbd18981-670d-0410-9b5c-8dc0c1a9a2bb
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 Shorewall-docs2/FAQ.xml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Shorewall-docs2/FAQ.xml b/Shorewall-docs2/FAQ.xml
index 09f25e96d..43c71f093 100644
--- a/Shorewall-docs2/FAQ.xml
+++ b/Shorewall-docs2/FAQ.xml
@@ -1375,6 +1375,12 @@ Creating input Chains...
       output to a file as in <command>shorewall restart &gt;
       /dev/null</command>).</para>
 
+      <para>Upgrade your hardware.  Many people find that even a modest
+      increase in CPU and memory speed (e.g. from P3 with SDRAM to
+      P4 with DDR) helps dramatically.  EM64T-capable CPUs (from either
+      AMD or Intel) exhibit quite acceptable restart speeds, even with a
+      fairly complex ruleset.</para>
+
       <para>Shorewall also supports a fast start capability. To use this
       capability:</para>
 
@@ -1931,4 +1937,4 @@ Shorewall has detected the following iptables/netfilter capabilities:
 gateway:~#</programlisting>
     </section>
   </section>
-</article>
\ No newline at end of file
+</article>