Freebsd IP Forwarding performance (question, and some info) [7-stable, current, em, smp]

[Wilkinson, Alex]

    0n Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 03:44:48PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: 

    >OK, I setup 2 boxes on either end of a RELENG_7 box from about May 
    >7th just now, to see with 2 boxes blasting across it how it would 
    >work.  *However*, this is with no firewall loaded and, I must enable 
    >ip fast forwarding. Without that enabled, the box just falls over.

What is "ip fast forwarding" ?

 -aW

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