On Wednesday 07 January 2004 00:27, Trevor Talbot wrote:
On Tuesday, Jan 6, 2004, at 09:59 US/Pacific, Ed White wrote:
I was playing with a 3-if firewall with static IP 10.* when I got a
simple doubt: when is supposed to be used the bridge feature ?
When you want a switch (smart hub
On 7 Jan 2004 04:55:06 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed White) wrote:
So what are the advantages of a bridge for a classic 3-if firewall ?
I read somewhere that it speeds things up. Is it right ?
What are you doing such that millisecond timing differences (if any)
between filtering at Layer 2 or
between segments that are different IP networks
(A/24 and B/24) you usually route...
In practice you choose bridge when you don't want to waste precious IP
addresses on subnetting (to make routing possible). Or if you cannot even
subnet because you do not control all routers (think ISP).
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Cam
the bridge feature ?
When you want a switch (smart hub) instead of a router.
So what are the advantages of a bridge for a classic 3-if firewall ?
No advantages, many disadvantages.
I read somewhere that it speeds things up. Is it right ?
Bridging might be slightly faster, but you'd have to benchmark
Hi,
I was playing with a 3-if firewall with static IP 10.* when I got a simple
doubt: when is supposed to be used the bridge feature ?
Everytime you have 2 or more interface ?
Only for IPless/invisible firewall ?
This doubt could sounds strange, but the fact is that most (every except
IPless
On Tuesday, Jan 6, 2004, at 09:59 US/Pacific, Ed White wrote:
I was playing with a 3-if firewall with static IP 10.* when I got a
simple doubt: when is supposed to be used the bridge feature ?
When you want a switch (smart hub) instead of a router.
