Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 10:55:01 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Cc: kmitch@weenix.guru.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forwarding broadcast packets between interfaces Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970227105435.9506H-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199702270923.KAA17835@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > Perhaps; try setting gateway=YES in /etd/sysconfig then add the proper > > routes. > > No, this won't work. broadcasts are UDP packets which are not routed by > a gateway (normally). There may be a way to tell the kernel (with an option) > to do UDP routing. I remember that Garrett (or David Greenman) once gave me > that tip. Thanks for the update. I'll keep that in mind next time. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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