From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 6 10:20:18 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB15D16A418 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:20:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from kuber.nabble.com (kuber.nabble.com [216.139.236.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F4FC13C461 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:20:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1J0Dq6-0000CN-7V for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:20:18 -0800 Message-ID: <14189511.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:20:18 -0800 (PST) From: Atrox To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200712061155.59434.nvass@teledomenet.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Nabble-From: silver.salonen@gmail.com References: <14188023.post@talk.nabble.com> <200712061155.59434.nvass@teledomenet.gr> Subject: Re: enabling if_bridge STP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:20:18 -0000 Nikos Vassiliadis-2 wrote: > > On Thursday 06 December 2007 10:17:36 Atrox wrote: >> Am I doing smth wrong? > > Hm, are these FreeBSD boxes you are trying to bridge, > on the same ethernet? > Yes, all these boxes are connected to our LAN with their ext_ifs. Also, one of them has a switch and a PC connected to its int_if, other int_ifs are "status: no carrier". > STP will create a tree by disabling some ports > to eliminate loops in the topology. If you have > a loop-free topology, all ports should be active. > Well, as I understand, in my case, STP should be enabled mainly on TAP-interfaces as it would eliminate the scenario where, for an example, ARP-requests from 192.168.1.1 for 192.168.3.1 reach 192.168.2.1. Have I understood it correctly? > ASCII art time! What's your topology? > Well, let's try ;) The machines stand like this: 192.168.8.15/24 - GW/NAT - 192.168.1/24 || 192.168.8.16/24 == 192.168.8/24 == == - GW/NAT - || 192.168.2/24 192.168.8.17/24 - GW/NAT - 192.168.3/24 -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/enabling-if_bridge-STP-tf4954594.html#a14189511 Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com.