From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 05:02:01 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 8170C16A418 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:02:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from smtp224.math.arizona.edu (smtp224.math.arizona.edu [128.196.224.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7398613C47E for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:02:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from Debian-exim by smtp224.math.arizona.edu with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J32gK-0007gk-SR for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:01:58 -0700 Received: from 71-220-152-133.tcsn.qwest.net ([71.220.152.133] helo=.domain.actdsltmp) by smtp224.math.arizona.edu with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.50) id 1J32gA-0007gR-JI; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:01:42 -0700 Message-ID: <47620E31.80704@math.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:01:37 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070916) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jake Conk References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ACL-Warn: The HELO/EHLO greeting .domain.actdsltmp is invalid X-Outgoing-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 05:02:01 -0000 Jake Conk wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/