Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 23:01:26 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Jason K. Fritcher" <jkf@calweb.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: router/bridge question Message-ID: <36468536.28F5C35@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811082024280.16703-100000@web2.calweb.com>
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"Jason K. Fritcher" wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I currently have a 2.2.7-RELEASE system routing between a network and the
> rest of the internet. I would like to split the inside network into two
> segments and have the gateway bridge the two inside segments, in addition to
> routing them to the internet. I have d/l'ed Luigi's bridging patches, and
> read them over. Before I patch a kernel and put it into use on a production
> machine, I wanted to know from others how well it bridges, and routes at the
> same time.
>
> For the internal network, I am going to be using a dual-port SMC card using
> the de driver. For the internet link, I am most likely going to be using an
> Intel EtherExpress. Looking at the comments at the top of bridge.c, it says
> to give only one interface an address. If this machine is also going to
> route between two networks, I am going to need to assign an address to the
> outside interface, and an address to the inside pair, but I have absolutely
> no idea how this is to be accomplished.
>
> Any help/comments/pointers much appriciated.
Buy an inexpensive 4- or 8-port ethernet switch, and put your FreeBSD
router on a switch port, with each of your two new "subnets" uplinked
into other switch ports. You won't have to partition your addresses
or any other silly admin headaches.
Never use software to solve a hardware problem. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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