On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > hmmmmm, maybe i misunderstanding the concept of a bridge, but from
>  > what i read you can assign an IP to $ext_if, and bridge (and filter
>  > off course) the $dmz_if to $ext_if ? where is the extra IP wasted?
>
>  Because you still need to use one of the public addresses as a
>  gateway for the other machines. If you bridge it goes on the router,
>  if you route it goes on the firewall. (since you say you are NATting
>  for another subnet, you obviously already need to have a public
>  address on the firewall to NAT to).


no NAT in DMZ :-) (at least that is the plan)

if the DMZ is bridged to $ext_if, won't it use the same gateway as my router?


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