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Date:      Mon, 12 Jun 2000 09:05:52 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>
To:        lists@security.za.net
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fastforwarding
Message-ID:  <200006120705.JAA13935@info.iet.unipi.it>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006120859120.26152-100000@security.za.net> from "lists@security.za.net" at "Jun 12, 2000 09:01:38 am"

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> Hi All, 
> 
> I posted this a coupla days ago and just thought I would ask again in the
> hope that someone had encounted something since then.
> 
> Has anyone here tried setting net.inet.ip.fastforwarding on in a high
> traffic enviroment?
> 
> This setting DRASTICALLY speeds up transfers between boxes talking through
> a freebsd gateway when you are using 2 100mbit interfaces, but it seems to
> kernel panic the system after a few minutes.

can you quantify the "drastically" ?

	luigi

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