Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Mar 2001 14:24:57 -0800 (PST) | From | Joel Jaeggli <> | Subject | Re: Forwarding broadcast traffic |
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> Is it possible to selectively bridge broadcast traffic in the way I have > described?
Take a look at how your router handles broadcast dhcp requests cisco at least have a dhcp helper functionality which is essentially just what you're asking for (selective forwarding of broadcast traffic.
if you really want to do this in a standard fashion though it sounds like an application for multicast...
joelja
> Normally of course I'd have the router either being a standard router or > a bridge but in this case some kind of hybrid arrangement would be > preferable. > > Thanks for your help, > --jcm > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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