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Date:      Thu, 2 Aug 2001 19:22:51 -0600
From:      "Mike Porter" <mike.porter@xrxgsn.com>
To:        "Ted Sikora" <tsikora@home.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Bridge?
Message-ID:  <03f501c11bc9$fec84a00$0300a8c0@laptop>

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Sikora <tsikora@home.com>
To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Thursday, August 02, 2001 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: Bridge?


>Ted Sikora wrote:
>>
>> I have stable on both cable and dsl. The following message (rpc.statd:
>> invalid hostname to sm_stat: ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^)
>> has been a mainstay in stable for some time. I have 2 nic cards in the
>> machines. Do I need the 'options BRIDGE' in the kernel? I just set up a
>> firewall and that did not eliminate the messages.
>>
>
>That was it. I guess the Bridge option is needed with cable and dsl
>modems.
>

Well geezs if that's all I have to do....

I have been getting those, but I thought it was related to, being on cable,
someone trying a windoze exploit. (smb_stat==something related to
samba/windows networkng (SMB), at least in my mind...)

mike



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