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Date:      Thu, 28 Sep 2000 00:38:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        "Boyd R. Faulkner" <faulkner@asgard.hos.net>
Cc:        "Peter S. Housel" <housel@acm.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Network bridge on current.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10009280032180.17364-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000928022230.A967@simon.catburg.net>

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hmmmm,

 netgraph's bridging code is more direct but it can not 
do IP filtering on the packets that are en-route. This is because it
is a purely MAC-layer service.

I am not sure about Luigi's bridging code. I know the dummynet stuff
seems to connect with the ipfw code but I don't think that the 
bridge code does... (I may be wrong) So I don't know how you plan on
filtering the bridged segments..


On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Boyd R. Faulkner wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 12:11:54AM -0700, Peter S. Housel wrote:
> > > I am wondering how to do network bridging on current.  The description
> > > in the handbook seems to be out of date as the sysctl IODs are no longer
> > > in evidence.  Does loading ng_bridge substitute for building the kernel
> > > with OPTIONS BRIDGE?
> > 
> > Excuse my ignorance (and curiousity), but wouldn't it be cheaper to
> > just buy a switch?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -Peter S. Housel-  housel@acm.org  http://members.home.com/housel/
> 
> I intend to use it as a firewall.  The switch will live behind it.
> 
> Boyd
> 
> -- 
>         Boyd Faulkner               "...but the chocolate at
>    faulkner@asgard.hos.net          Rumpelmayer's is great..."
> http://asgard.hos.net/~faulkner     -- A. Crowley  Book of Lies 
>            1011101
> 
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