Hello Andrew
On 15-Dec-01, you wrote: >> It makes Genesis act as a packet forwarder: effectively they're passed >> from one interface to the other and resent out on the other side - useful >> if, for instance, it was the only common machine in two networks, but >> it isn't NAT so basically not much actually works with it apart from >> basic web/irc type stuff. > > Ok, I think I understand. > > NAT? > > Network Address Translation - right? > > Now, a "packet forwarder" does? NAT copies packets from one interface, manipulates the data to make it look like it came from another machine (for instance, 192.168.0.3 -> 212.133.97.8, which is your gateway) and then forwards them on a different interface. This way, machines can reply to yours and things work - instead of machines trying to reply to machines on their own local network. Packet forwarding is like standing in a queue passing buckets of water towards a fire - you just take the bucket and hand it to the next in line. No messing around, and hence your packets still have local addresses in them. -- Matt _____________________________________________________________________ Voyager Mailing List - http://v3.vapor.com/ Voyager FAQ....: http://faq.vapor.com/voyager/ Listserver Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=HELP Unsubscribe....: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=UNSUBSCRIBE
