Date: 10 Jan 2001 10:38:05 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Networking Question. Message-ID: <447l43mn8i.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: agoodloe@gradient.cis.upenn.edu's message of "9 Jan 2001 23:17:49 %2B0100" References: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0101091714100.25976-100000@gradient.cis.upenn.edu>
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agoodloe@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Alwyn Goodloe) writes: > I have a little private network (you know 192....) which runs great. Its > a rally small testbed with several machines strung together, two routers > (need this due to the nature of our tests) and a server and several clients. > Since they are all hooked together by direct connections I don't even > run routed. The question is the following: I want to add in a ethernet > card that connects a router to the regular network. What I don't want is > for any other machines to mistake me for the system router. Is the fact that > I'm not running a routing protocol sufficient. Not enabling net.inet.ip.fw.enable should be enough, assuming I understand the question correctly. Normally it would have to be enabled through setting gateway_enable in the rc.conf file; don't do that. Whether you're running protocols to distribute routes is irrelevant. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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