Hi,
I am trying to get a feel for how much resources one needs for the TCP/IP in an embedded system for the following typical scenario: The embeded system is connected to a busy fileserver type LAN. (10Mb/s or 100Mb/s). The embedded system only communicates on an add hock bases. i.e. a few hundred bytes every couple of seconds. (Telnet type interface), unless code is being uploaded, or captured data is dumped to a file over ethernet. What type of non-related traffic -- to the embedded -- system will eat up resources by forcing the embedded system to handle things in the TCP/IP stack. What % CPU time can one expect on something like a 30MHz ARM7 core type MCU with typical opensource TCP/IP implimentations.
Any comments and insights would be welcome.
Regards Anton Erasmus