From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Antony Stone Subject: Re: Is it possible to forward broadcasting with IPtables? Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:40:31 +0100 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <200404071040.31480.Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk> References: <000001c41c6a$e971b1b0$1664640a@Younger> Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <000001c41c6a$e971b1b0$1664640a@Younger> Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org On Wednesday 07 April 2004 7:38 am, Younger Wang wrote: > Hi All, > > I am seeking a way to forward WINs broadcast. Use a WINS server. That will forward peer discovery requests to other subnets. Samba will do the job nicely. > Is it possible to be done with iptables? If not, is there a standard way > to do broadcast forwarding? There is no way to generically forward network broadcasts, otherwise the entire Internet would get flooded with them. Broadcasts are designed to reach every machine on a local subnet, and no others. Regards, Antony. -- This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour, or irrational religious beliefs. If you have received this email in error, you are required to shred it immediately, add some nutmeg, three egg whites and a dessertspoonful of caster sugar. Whisk until soft peaks form, then place in a warm oven for 40 minutes. Remove promptly and let stand for 2 hours before adding some decorative kiwi fruit and cream. Then notify me immediately by return email and eat the original message. Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.