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1209381 2011-06-15 04:20:00 Hi,

I have a small network set up:

Network A: 192.168.49.0\24

Network B: 192.168.39.0\24

I have set up an XP box with 2 NIC's, one for each network, and can ping machines successfully across both networks. IP Routing is enabled in the regisrty, and the IP addresses are all configured.

The only issue I have now is finding out how I can configure my "router" to forward broadcast packets. Is this possible with an XP box or not?

Cheers,
Stephen
stephen (9719)
1209382 2011-06-15 05:43:00 It should forward relevant broadcasts, what is the broadcast address you're using? inphinity (7274)
1209383 2011-06-15 22:09:00 It's not going to forward the broadcast packets, depending on how your routing is setup.

To be honest I've only done it on linux boxes using bcrelay, but I've got it to work across VPNs etc :D
Chilling_Silence (9)
1209384 2011-06-16 04:02:00 Broadcast packets are restricted to the subnet. Seeing that you are using a /24 mask, it will never make sense on the other network. tmrafi (5179)
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