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Date:      Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:42:59 +0200
From:      David =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sieb=F6rger?= <drs@rucus.ru.ac.za>
To:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bridging when one interface has no carrier
Message-ID:  <20020819184259.GA523@rucus.ru.ac.za>
In-Reply-To: <20020819181919.GA9000@tp.databus.com>
References:  <3D61224B.2020902@isi.edu> <20020819102951.A38869@iguana.icir.org> <3D612D6A.9020604@isi.edu> <20020819181919.GA9000@tp.databus.com>

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On Mon 2002-08-19 (14:19), Barney Wolff wrote:
> Out of idle curiosity, why do interfaces have to have IPs assigned
> to do bridging?  That's not how "real" bridges/switches work. (I
> should probably go search the archives, as this has surely been
> answered before.)

They don't - they just have to be up'ed.

bashir:~$ grep ifconfig /etc/rc.conf
ifconfig_tx0="inet bashir/28"
ifconfig_tx1="up"
bashir:~$ grep bridge /etc/sysctl.conf 
net.link.ether.bridge=1
net.link.ether.bridge_cfg=tx0:0,tx1:0
net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw=1


-- 
David Siebörger
drs@rucus.ru.ac.za

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