From owner-freebsd-net Thu Aug 9 9:24: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from bilver.wjv.com (dhcp-1-3.n01.orldfl01.us.ra.verio.net [157.238.210.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11FC137B401; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 09:23:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bill@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f79GNrr32952; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 12:23:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bill) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 12:23:52 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: Jonathan Chen Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: forwarding broadcast Message-ID: <20010809122352.B32613@wjv.com> Reply-To: bv@wjv.com References: <20010809113638.A9519@enterprise.spock.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010809113638.A9519@enterprise.spock.org>; from jon@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 11:36:38AM -0400 Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 11:36:38AM -0400, Jonathan Chen thus sprach: > On FreeBSD -CURRENT and -STABLE, packets to broadcast addresses > are not forwarded. For instance, if I have a FreeBSD router with > interfaces 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.2.1, and I send packets from > 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.2.255, the packets are dropped to the > floor. IMO, this is wrong... But the question now is - what is the netmask on these interfaces.? That will make a difference. -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message