From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 21 17:20:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA17758 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 May 1996 17:20:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA17753 for ; Tue, 21 May 1996 17:20:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA29521; Wed, 22 May 1996 10:03:26 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605220033.KAA29521@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: bridging To: bruce@aiiad.com (Bruce Goldberg) Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 10:03:25 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <31A25DE5.6952@aiiad.com> from "Bruce Goldberg" at May 21, 96 05:20:53 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bruce Goldberg stands accused of saying: > > Hi, > I'm looking for a software bridge for netbeui and I don't know where to > turn; can you help? > > Do you know if bsd, or any unix for that matter, can bridge, or where I > can go for help? > > I may have to filter out pakets based on protocol, heavy decodes, or > plain pattern matching. > > I'm interested in currently working, already ported packages. Go buy a decent router/bridge. People like 3com and Cisco make them, and they're designed from the ground up to do what you want. Or take the plunge and move to a routable transport protocol. I'd be inclined to recommend TCP/IP (naturally 8) > Bruce Goldberg -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[