On Aug 30, 2007, at 4:04 PM, Jared Bellows wrote:
>>   I am not sure why, but if the bridge does not
>> have an IP address, the LAN machines behind it can't get webpages.
>> IM, email, rdp all work fine through the bridge, but no webpages.
>
>
> The reason is that with the fitlering, you are using a proxy which is
> actually doing the talking for the client to the various servers.  
> It's a
> middle man and as such needs to be able to send traffic and receive  
> traffic
> which requires an IP.

I was thinking something along those lines, but I was not sure.   
Thanks for the clarification.

Joshua Draper
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Brigham Young University






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