Re: Linux bridging and cascaded switches

Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control

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On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 06:35:46PM -0500, Greg Scott wrote:
> > out of curiosity why would you want to bridge at the firewall.  is
> this meant to be a drop in-line firewall appliance
> 
> Long story but yes, it is essentially a drop in-line system.  It's a
> mess.  
> 
> So will that Internet router really see 4 "switches" - a switch, a
> bridge, and 2 switches - between it and the internal servers?  I don't
> remember all my LAN rules but that feels way too deep to me.  
I think that was the old 5-4-3 or was it 4-3-2 ... I think that was more in the 
days of repeater and broadcast hubs.  Modern day switch I believe allow for a 
lot more.

> 
> - Greg
> 

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