Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 10:47:12 +0200 From: Alex Dupre <sysadmin@alexdupre.com> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advanced Networking Question Message-ID: <3CD79490.6070508@alexdupre.com> References: <20020506124528.GA7841@submonkey.net> <20020506090308.A20367@blackhelicopters.org> <3CD6BDE4.4060308@alexdupre.com> <20020507051354.GE62329@nathan.ruhr.de>
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Udo Erdelhoff wrote: > Exactly. FreeBSD can act as a bridge in such a situation (that is the > reason for the bridging code maintained by Luigi(?)), but if you are > filtering packets, you are at layer 3. A bridge is layer 2 device > that handles frames. Right, filtering at IP level, forwarding packet at Ethernet level. And yes, Luigi maintains the bridging code. But a bridge machine very rarely has two IP, and, if so, they are usually on the same subnet. So in "such a situation" the only choice is a router. Alex Dupre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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