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Subject: SOLVED: Bridge and NAT problems
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Bruce A. Mah wrote:

> If you can, try switching to using if_bridge(4).  You (probably) want to
> assign the public NAT address to the bridge0 interface, and leave the
> physical interfaces making up the bridges (xl0 and rl1 in your case)
> unnumbered.  I've had good experiences with this type of configuration.

I did what you suggested: I don't think anything ever went as smooth as 
this. So far it's working perfectly.
Thanks.

  bye
	av.