Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 23:52:14 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "James F. Hranicky" <jfh@cise.ufl.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet Bridge on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011207235214.X8975@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20011208022142.9A9BE6ACE@mail.cise.ufl.edu>; from jfh@cise.ufl.edu on Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 09:21:42PM -0500 References: <20011208022142.9A9BE6ACE@mail.cise.ufl.edu>
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On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 09:21:42PM -0500, James F. Hranicky wrote:
>
> I've seen where OpenBSD has good support for setting up a machine
> as an ethernet bridge/firewall box. Is the bridging code in FreeBSD
> up to snuff for the same type of application, or should I go with
> OpenBSD? I already know FreeBSD very well, so I'd rather stay with
> that if possible, but I'd take stability and performance over
> familiarity.
ipfw(8) will work fine with bridging in FreeBSD. ipf(8) will not. It
depends on which you plan to use.
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