On 4/26/05, Shelby Westman <shelby dot westman at gmail dot com> wrote:
> >
> > I'd strongly suggest upgrading.  It would take less than a minute
> > offline to upgrade to 1.0, then another minute to upgrade to 1.11
> > (have to do that in that order to upgrade the pb versions).
> >
> 
> I think you are right.  Another reason I have been avoiding the
> upgrade is because I currently use aliases on my WAN interface which I
> then NAT to my DMZ.  I understand that I would need to convert those
> to Proxy ARP.  I think this is easy to do, but I don't want to be
> fumbling around with it.  I guess I need to bite the bullet and do it.
> 

Depends on what kind of internet connection you have.  If it's a
broadcast medium like most are, then probably you will need proxy ARP.


> My ISP is great - the last time I did a computer swap on my firewall,
> they updated their ARP cache immediately when I asked.  It I go to
> Proxy ARP, I should not have to ask them to do this, right?
> 

Correct, since it'll still be the same MAC address as prior to the
upgrade (just don't reassign the NIC's).

-Chris