What does the net.inet.ip.fastforwarding sysctl do?
Kirk Davis
Kirk.Davis at epsb.ca
Thu Nov 30 13:31:31 PST 2006
> From: Ruslan Ermilov [mailto:ru at freebsd.org]
>
> 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.
> >
> > In order to get the forwarding speed I need I have turned on the
> > sysctl variable net.inet.ip.fastforwarding=1 What is the
> > ramifications of this? Will it still work with routing
> software like
> > quagga or allow IPFW to still forward packets?
> >
> RTFM: man 4 inet
Ahhh. OK Thanks.
I did look for a man page but didn't take a look at the one for inet. A
good explanation.
Thanks, Kirk
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