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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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