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Date:      Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:41:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Siobhan Patricia Lynch <trish@bsdunix.net>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        "Boyd R. Faulkner" <faulkner@asgard.hos.net>, "Peter S. Housel" <housel@acm.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Network bridge on current.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSO.4.21.0009282139270.15666-100000@superconductor.rush.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10009280032180.17364-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>

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On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Julian Elischer wrote:

I would assume that code hasn;t changed, it works with ipfw, man bridge:

         options BRIDGE

     in the kernel config file, and is controlled by two sysctl variables:

         net.link.ether.bridge

     Set to 1 to enable bridging, set to 0 to disable it

         net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw


I assume he's trying to mimic my slashdot kludge, which I wouldn;t
recommend unless the issue is you can;t change the network topology.

-Trish

> hmmmm,
> 
>  netgraph's bridging code is more direct but it can not 
> do IP filtering on the packets that are en-route. This is because it
> is a purely MAC-layer service.
> 
> I am not sure about Luigi's bridging code. I know the dummynet stuff
> seems to connect with the ipfw code but I don't think that the 
> bridge code does... (I may be wrong) So I don't know how you plan on
> filtering the bridged segments..
> 
> 
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Boyd R. Faulkner wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 12:11:54AM -0700, Peter S. Housel wrote:
> > > > I am wondering how to do network bridging on current.  The description
> > > > in the handbook seems to be out of date as the sysctl IODs are no longer
> > > > in evidence.  Does loading ng_bridge substitute for building the kernel
> > > > with OPTIONS BRIDGE?
> > > 
> > > Excuse my ignorance (and curiousity), but wouldn't it be cheaper to
> > > just buy a switch?
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > -Peter S. Housel-  housel@acm.org  http://members.home.com/housel/
> > 
> > I intend to use it as a firewall.  The switch will live behind it.
> > 
> > Boyd
> > 
> > -- 
> >         Boyd Faulkner               "...but the chocolate at
> >    faulkner@asgard.hos.net          Rumpelmayer's is great..."
> > http://asgard.hos.net/~faulkner     -- A. Crowley  Book of Lies 
> >            1011101
> > 
> > 
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