Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:47:19 -0600 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> To: Erik Osterholm <erik@cepheid.org> Cc: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca>, 'Ashley Moran' <work@ashleymoran.me.uk>, 'FreeBSD Questions' <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: if_bridge interface confuses Windows Small Business Server 2000 Message-ID: <57A9A7A3-2582-4224-B872-783C0482447B@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <20051116045215.GA81394@idoru.cepheid.org> References: <200511151241.55239.work@ashleymoran.me.uk> <20051115134317.90F3843D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20051116045215.GA81394@idoru.cepheid.org>
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On Nov 15, 2005, at 10:52 PM, Erik Osterholm wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 08:43:18AM -0500, Steve Bertrand wrote: >> >>> FreeBSD 6 came at the perfect time for me. I've just >>> switched my primary desktop from Win2k to FreeBSD, and I put >>> the Windows boot disk in an old machine that was heading for the >>> skip. >>> >>> I wanted to access the W2k machine (fred) over VNC without >>> flooding our switch, so I thought let's take advantage of the >>> new features in REL 6... I added a second ethernet card to >>> my FreeBSD box (alfie) and configured a bridge in /etc/rc.conf: Don't worry about flooding the switch with VNC. I use it very well over a 33.6 modem from my mac to a win2k3 server. ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks http://www.secure-computing.net
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