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Subject: Re: changed to: Frac T3?
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>
>   Since the discussion was about how fast UNIX can route packets, Dennis is
>   absolutely right... 
>
>Ah, so we should not learn anything from IOS because it's not important.
>And thus we shouldn't improve the way that BSD forwarding works....
>Sheesh.

But you are misslng the point that Freebsd is a general OS and the 
methods used by dedicated routers are not appropriate for general
OSs...using freebsd as a base for a specialized router OS and changing
the way BSD routes are very different issues.

Dennis