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Quick bridging question
On an OpenBSD machine with two network interfaces, A (internal/lan) and B
(external/internet), where the a bridge between A and B exists, do packets
that are sent from the local lan to interface A's IP number get routed out
to the internet via the B network interface?
In other words. I run an DHCP server on an OpenBSD machine with
bridging. The clients of my server send out a broad cast message that the
OpenBSD machine sees. It's DHCP server is responding and assigning an IP
to the client. My question is does the broad cast message go through the
bridge, and so leave my local lan?
I don't think I can prevent this via ipf rules as the DHCP server on the
OpenBSD machine would never see the clients requests. Note that out rules
do not work in bridging mode.
Any help and clarification is appreciated.
Claus