Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 08:08:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: jeff-ml@mountin.net (Jeffrey J. Mountin) Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFW, Dual network cards Message-ID: <199810011508.IAA00256@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980930223953.007890e4@207.227.119.2> from "Jeffrey J. Mountin" at "Sep 30, 98 10:39:53 pm"
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Jeffrey J. Mountin writes: > >> 1) Will FreeBSD (3.0-19980804-SNAP) allow us to physically separate > >> the network by placing 2 network cards in the machine and connecting > >> one to each of our switches? Do I need anything such as routed to be > >> running? > > > >Are you talking about bridging or routing? If the former, yes but > >with some work (ie, kernel patches). If the latter, just edit rc.conf > >to enable IP forwarding and set up your routes. You don't need routed. > > Could you clarify what you mean by "IP forwarding" in rc.conf, which is a bit unclear. Don't gateway_enable=YES and natd (et all) handle this? Enabling forwarding in rc.conf == setting "gateway_enable=YES" in rc.conf. "IP forwarding" == "IP routing". > >> 2) If so, can this network setup route other protocols - i.e Windows > >> NetBEUI traffic or IPX setup? (I'm really looking for a 'no' answer > >> here - if yes can it be stopped?) > > > >FreeBSD doesn't do that stuff.. it has some vestigial code in the > >kernel but nobody uses it and it's disabled by default. > > But doesn't stop NetBEUI over TCP/IP, does it? This aspect, among others, is rather annoying in dealing with Windoze, as I pointed out privately. No, routers don't typically look into the packets that they route. Use ipfw to block ports 137,138,139 if you want to stop NetBEUI stuff. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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