Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 12:23:52 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion <bill@wjv.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jon@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: forwarding broadcast Message-ID: <20010809122352.B32613@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <20010809113638.A9519@enterprise.spock.org>; from jon@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 11:36:38AM -0400 References: <20010809113638.A9519@enterprise.spock.org>
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On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 11:36:38AM -0400, Jonathan Chen thus sprach: > On FreeBSD -CURRENT and -STABLE, packets to broadcast addresses > are not forwarded. For instance, if I have a FreeBSD router with > interfaces 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.2.1, and I send packets from > 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.2.255, the packets are dropped to the > floor. IMO, this is wrong... But the question now is - what is the netmask on these interfaces.? That will make a difference. -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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