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Date:      Mon, 18 Nov 1996 15:51:41 -0500
From:      dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
To:        Tony Li <tli@jnx.com>
Cc:        isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: changed to: Frac T3?
Message-ID:  <199611182051.PAA00784@etinc.com>

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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




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