Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 00:25:17 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: Kirk Davis <Kirk.Davis@epsb.ca> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What does the net.inet.ip.fastforwarding sysctl do? Message-ID: <20061130212517.GA29385@rambler-co.ru> In-Reply-To: <04C71268DFDAA8499EC1A248A44B6A2B0855B202@Exchange21.EDU.epsb.ca> References: <04C71268DFDAA8499EC1A248A44B6A2B0855B202@Exchange21.EDU.epsb.ca>
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--/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 02:16:33PM -0700, Kirk Davis wrote: > Hi, > I have am setting up a router that needs to handle a lot of > traffic. I am using a Dell 2950 that I have added Intel Gig cards into > (em). This server will be running quagga (for BGP) and also use a > couple of IPFW FWD rules to forward packets to another host. >=20 > In order to get the forwarding speed I need I have turned on the > sysctl variable net.inet.ip.fastforwarding=3D1 What is the > ramifications of this? Will it still work with routing software like > quagga or allow IPFW to still forward packets? >=20 RTFM: man 4 inet Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFb0w9qRfpzJluFF4RAvleAJ9tT8mhv5CsOhNDjR79ubaBPhKeIgCgjAFh Zafkeh/9s1dYGSOI6tTSdRI= =zcO1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft--
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