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Date:      Mon, 1 Feb 1999 07:06:56 +0100 (MET)
From:      Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
To:        archie@whistle.com (Archie Cobbs)
Cc:        se@FreeBSD.ORG, chris@netmonger.net, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Network/ARP problem?  Maybe pn driver?
Message-ID:  <199902010606.HAA19979@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
In-Reply-To: <199902010651.WAA25847@bubba.whistle.com> from "Archie Cobbs" at Jan 31, 99 10:51:18 pm

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> Stefan Esser writes:
> > You could have blocked reception of ARP requests / ARP replies in your IPFW 
> > rules on one of the systems involved. Just try again with a completely open 
> 
> FYI-
> There's no way to block ARP packets with ipfw... it only
> deals with IP packets.

er... if you use bridging and enable ipfw on bridged packets
(net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw=1) then you can block non-ip packets if
you don't use an open firewall.

I don't think the original poster is in this situation that's why i did
not spoke before.

	cheers
	luigi
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