From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 6 16:16:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31DF737B400 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:16:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35EDC43E70 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:16:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk ([IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g76NG9vO056138; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 00:16:09 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g76NG41l056122; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 00:16:04 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 00:16:04 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Tom Wiebe Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: Connecting 2 networks? Message-ID: <20020806231603.GA41497@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <20020714152803.A25848@ei.bzerk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 02:09:15PM -0700, Tom Wiebe wrote: > Can I do this by setting up a FreeBSD box as a bridge with one nic plugged > into the office network and one plugged into the server network? The term you're looking for here is 'router' which is a box that will forward packets between different networks. A 'bridge' is a box that divides a single network into segments: use of such things has declined markedly since the advent of switched networks. Yes, a FreeBSD box will work very well as a router. Make sure you put 'gateway_enable="YES"' into /etc/rc.conf and think about whether you want to use routed(8) and ipfw(8) or ipf(8). Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Tel: +44 1628 476614 Marlow Fax: +44 0870 0522645 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message