Re: To forward, or not to forward

2006-05-13 Thread Steve Welham
interfaces do not have IP addresses. Bridging uses a MAC forwarding database to forward Ethernet frames... IP doesn't even come into it.

Re: To forward, or not to forward

2006-05-13 Thread orlando
your forwarding needs. IP forwarding is required if you want your box to route IP packets using the routing table - this is not relevant to you because your firewall interfaces do not have IP addresses. Bridging uses a MAC forwarding database to forward Ethernet frames... IP doesn't even come

Re: To forward, or not to forward

2006-05-12 Thread Spruell, Darren-Perot
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My goal with the bridge is to filter all traffic coming in from the outside world, while allowing servers my servers behind the bridge to connect freely even if their traffic has to travel out to the router and back(keep state?). My point of confusion is

Re: To forward, or not to forward

2006-05-12 Thread orlando
Dear misc, If I'm not using NAT, do I still need to use forwarding? -Orlando On Friday, May 12, 2006, Spruell, Darren-Perot wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My goal with the bridge is to filter all traffic coming in from the outside world, while allowing servers my servers

Re: To forward, or not to forward

2006-05-12 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 05:06:31PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I'm not using NAT, do I still need to use forwarding? Only if you want packets coming in on one interface to go out another interface. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] |