Re: Can I use m0n0wall to merge 2 networks with different subnet?

Lee Sharp <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.m0n0wall
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 12/05/2011 10:58 AM, GD Incorporation wrote:
> Oooh... Based on what you said above, please allow me to rephrase them in my
> understanding. Also, two more questions for confirmation. I am excited to
> test this soon :).
>
> Firewall A:
> Nic 1: WAN 118.x.x.x / 29
> Nic 2: LAN 192.168.0.5 / 16
> Nic 3: Bridge to FW B 192.168.0.6/16 -->  Should I the third NIC as VLAN?? Or
> can m0n0wall recognize 3 NICs? (1WAN and 2 LANs)?

I do not know if there is actually a limit.  Personally, I have had 16 
physical nics running once.  And so just stick in another card.

> Firewall B:
> Nic 1: WAN 192.168.0.50/16 -->  Is this the correct IP for connecting to the
> Firewall A?
> Nic 2: LAN 192.169.0.5 / 16

Your WAN just changed.  It was 10.x.x.x in the other examples.  Is it 
connecting through Firewall A?  If so, we can do this differently.

			Lee
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