Firewall & Routing - help!

Kevin F. Berrien kblists at comcast.net
Fri Jun 11 14:22:28 UTC 2004


Nigel Wade wrote:

> Just a note to point out that a "bridge" connects two segments of the 
> *same* subnet; a router routes between different networks (including 
> sub-nets). So your firewall is actually routing between the subnets, 
> not bridging them.
>
> If you've checked the "bridging firewall" option in fwbuilder you 
> should turn it off, if fwbuilder thinks it's a bridging firewall it 
> may generate incorrect rules.
>
>
You are quite correct, my terminology wasn't totally accurate, I guess I 
meant it in the layman's turns, which I do a lot.  I work with a lot of 
teachers, and they all tell me I should have been a teacher, as I'm the 
only one who can explain technical computer issues to them. <grin>

Bridging on fw builder is turned off.





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