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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!uhog.mit.edu!uhog.mit.edu!not-for-mail From: shawn@MICRO-HEART-OF-GOLD.MIT.EDU (Shawn F. Mckay) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: FreeBSD as Bridge? Date: 4 Feb 1994 11:47:59 -0500 Organization: MIT EE/CS Dept. News Server Lines: 19 Message-ID: <2itu7v$5d1@MICRO-HEART-OF-GOLD.MIT.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu This is kind of a specialized query, but whatever help you can lend is appreciated! :-). We have several FreeBSD systems here, and love them. However a need has developed for a "quick&temporary" bridge. (2 Actually). We are in the process of redesigning our network, and would rather not spend 8k in bridges we will only use for a few months then throw away.. Instead I'm wondering if I can use a FreeBSD with two ethernet cards as a bridge until we fix things? I was wondering if the GATEWAY function (w/gated?) could be used to isolate swap traffic to one side of the system, passing only non-local traffic through the gate? What I need is a 3Com "NetBuilder", in bridge mode. But how close can FreeBSD be tuned to this function? Thanks for any help! -- Shawn