On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 12:18 +0000, Flávio Pires wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mateus
> Interciso<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >  Hi, I'm pretty sure this is basic stuff, but what's the difference
> > between a Bridge, and a NAT?
> A bridge just pass the packets through the interfaces without
> modifying `em.NAT as its name says, translate your IP address.
You also could also think as a bridge being a Layer 2 "Handler", while
NAT is a Layer 3 "translator". 

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