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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