From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 04:38:15 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40A3716A419 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:38:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jake.conk@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0927613C442 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:38:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jake.conk@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so308888anc.13 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:38:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:x-mailer; bh=v0BiqtLBYepaWGYMKmuuyGNKI5waivxcLYt6fDHtAZE=; b=a5ZUnsDN1r+N8NIher4P6kL4W007h8icDbE2UudbQytCLjadYgzjm0x4FrL3obJ1/5Yq6hkWhZKgDLN+6xtArF0w1Ab/vQGa3zDQ3yq4SPbGkzA9fIi+MJb9fgxG/Ge/Zq6Ka/ZMRTIx3tirAMpmOZNYae+yRFZkPw1VxyygrAI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:x-mailer; b=n1KQ2QAwBt7n5Z4vqUX0oTJtF/WEODy1zHx8o+6Ygt69AJjlc8oAVaupaPUSJv0wPospNEQ43k4jtT2hJVonXU+3aqpRzrg5vvwv4NnzaWUpAa1tcgMCsVM/z1UrgTy6MshlQgb1w9IFTMlIlvNNUI1z1gk5RTqVknrJxWUsSa4= Received: by 10.101.68.19 with SMTP id v19mr5886203ank.13.1197605620618; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:13:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.3? ( [24.24.191.132]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 15sm5460450nzn.2007.12.13.20.13.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:13:38 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: From: Jake Conk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:13:30 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Subject: How to configure FreeBSD machine as a bridged router? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:38:15 -0000 Hello, I have 2 nic cards in my machine and I want to place this machine between my internet connection and my router without it looking like another router between the 2 networks (internet and my network). I want to connect the internet line in the first nic card and the line to my network in the second nic card as if it were a 1 port router in bridge mode that has 1 line with the internet and the second line that goes to my network. Is a setup like this possible with FreeBSD? The reason why I'm asking is because I want to configure this machine with the net.inet.tcp.inflight options and see if it boosts up data transfer speeds without changing my network configuration, just adding this device in front of it. Thanks, - Jake