On Sat, 6 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 17:41:30 +0100 (CET)
>
> >On Fri, 5 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> Seems the most transparent router is named "bridge" ;-)
> >It is true, but normally I can't make ip-filtering on
> >a layer-2-bridge, isn't it? And by the way, the router
>
> In a case you have its C source it is possible to add any
> filtering code you need - providing it is easy enough to
> write code which finds the info used by the filtering in
> an IP packet (need info on IP packet structure).
> The question is: is it easier to disable unwanted features
> of router on Linux, or add wanted features to a bridge?
>
> >which I wanted to set up should get a third network-card
> >and route some packets to another network.
>
> I used the bridge with two cards only, but I assume it can
> work with more cards without a problem. After all, there
> is its source, and it is not hard to change definitions.
One can always work magic with proxy arp and firewalling
rules...
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and they don't carry large enough packets fast enough...
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