Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 11:04:34 -0600 (CST) From: Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> To: Julian Zottl <julianz@vsl.cua.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bridging and routing problem... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102081100410.99347-100000@cody.jharris.com> In-Reply-To: <200102081626.LAA77762@gateway.vsl.cua.edu>
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On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Julian Zottl wrote: > Hello all, I have looked for a solution to this for awhile, but havn't > been able to find it (probably a glaringly obvious). I have the > following setup: > > Internet 137.242.188.2 137.242.189.1 > --------><--------------Firewall------------->LAN (137.242.189.0) What are the subnet sizes on each side of the firewall? 137.224.188.2/24 --> Firewall --> 137.242.189.0/24 I'm assuming this is the case? > I use bridging to link the two together and IPFW for a firewall. My > problem is that all traffic that comes from the internet is broadcast > to my entire subnet! Visually I see this on all my switches as the > entire thing lights up. I know that bridging is supposed to do > broadcasting like this, but is there a better solution. I had ran > routed at one point, but the majority of the experts I know say that I > should have been doing bridging, so I switched. Any help is much > appriciated! Please CC me any answers as I am not on tha mailing list Blah! I would use routing in this case. Why are you using bridging? Is there some special need for it? Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> - Keep on routing in a Free World... "FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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