Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 00:16:04 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Tom Wiebe <twiebe@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Connecting 2 networks? Message-ID: <20020806231603.GA41497@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <C392C45A-A980-11D6-8386-0003935761AA@mac.com> References: <20020714152803.A25848@ei.bzerk.org> <C392C45A-A980-11D6-8386-0003935761AA@mac.com>
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On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 02:09:15PM -0700, Tom Wiebe wrote:
> Can I do this by setting up a FreeBSD box as a bridge with one nic plugged
> into the office network and one plugged into the server network?
The term you're looking for here is 'router' which is a box that will
forward packets between different networks. A 'bridge' is a box that
divides a single network into segments: use of such things has
declined markedly since the advent of switched networks.
Yes, a FreeBSD box will work very well as a router. Make sure you put
'gateway_enable="YES"' into /etc/rc.conf and think about whether you
want to use routed(8) and ipfw(8) or ipf(8).
Matthew
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