Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 10:04:56 -0500 From: "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: arp issues...but WHY Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.2.20040504100337.0245c7f0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4097AD72.70403@potentialtech.com> References: <6.1.0.6.2.20040504071343.024331b8@localhost> <200405040635.03640.kstewart@owt.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20040504091427.02457290@localhost> <200405040724.09537.kstewart@owt.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20040504092942.0245ebe0@localhost> <4097AD72.70403@potentialtech.com>
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At 09:49 AM 05/04/2004, Bill Moran wrote: >>Then how do I get data from one segment to the other w/o using a router >>and yet at the same time keeping 'arp' happy ? > >You don't. That's what a router does. If you want to move data between >two different networks you either need a router, or you need to cheat (like >you currently are) and just ignore the arp messages. > >You can just turn on forwarding on the BSD machine with the two NICs and it >will act as a router for you. > >-- >Bill Moran Thanks again for all the time for explanations. Since everything works fine the way it is (with the arp mesgs I can turn off with systcl and hence solve that) would there be any benefit for turning on forwarding or just leaving things as they are? Thanks! -JDB -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Email: jd@aurora.org // Pager: 414.314.8282
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