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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: forwarding broadcast packets between interfaces
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On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Christoph Kukulies wrote:

> > Perhaps; try setting gateway=YES in /etd/sysconfig then add the proper
> > routes.
> 
> No, this won't work. broadcasts are UDP packets which are not routed by
> a gateway (normally). There may be a way to tell the kernel (with an option)
> to do UDP routing. I remember that Garrett (or David Greenman) once gave me
> that tip.

Thanks for the update.  I'll keep that in mind next time.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major