Re: non-learning bridge for pathological network

2000-12-15 Thread Clark Gaylord
On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 11:05:52PM -0800, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > The problem with the "just let it be a router" approach is that I > > want all traffic from B to go to A and C, not just that which is > > actually intended for said net (yes all can be considered nets). > > the thing is, i do not s

Re: non-learning bridge for pathological network

2000-12-15 Thread Julian Elischer
Clark Gaylord wrote: > > I am interested in creating a pathological lab network with the > following forwarding rules: > - three networks (A,B,C) > - packets from A or C are forwarded to B > - packets from B are forward to both A and C > > I was thinking of using BRIDGE+ipfw to create this by

Re: non-learning bridge for pathological network

2000-12-14 Thread Luigi Rizzo
> Thank you for your response. Btw, I've been reading over the > bridge code ... many thanks for this valuable resource! > > The problem with the "just let it be a router" approach is that I > want all traffic from B to go to A and C, not just that which is > actually intended for said net (yes

Re: non-learning bridge for pathological network

2000-12-14 Thread Clark Gaylord
Hello Luigi -- Thank you for your response. Btw, I've been reading over the bridge code ... many thanks for this valuable resource! The problem with the "just let it be a router" approach is that I want all traffic from B to go to A and C, not just that which is actually intended for said net (

Re: non-learning bridge for pathological network

2000-12-14 Thread Luigi Rizzo
Hi, if you want to use bridging and you know the IPs of the hosts on "networks" A, B, and C (which is what you need to use the 'deny' rules) you do not need to hack bridge.c On the other hand, your solution will not block ARPs and subnet-broadcast packets, so i really think the best solution is