[Wylug-help] Bridge Filtering

Daniel Walker danielwalker at fastmail.fm
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 12:53:49 +0000


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On Monday 20 Jan 2003 12:07, James Holden wrote:
> Dan,
>
> Trying hard not to be a cynic here, but I don't think I'd favour a
> consumer hardware firewall over the openbsd box.
Neither would I - That's why I've got the BSD box in the first place. But the
Conexant firewall is the ADSL modem as well. I was hoping to use the
Bridge-filter mode to eliminate the Conexant as the primary firewall, without
having to rewire the house.

> Why not ditch the connexant and stick a 3rd NIC in the openbsd firewall?
> Can the connexant do something that openbsd can't?
Yes; it can be an ADSL modem. <grin>

Dan
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