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Date:      Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:41:30 -0800
From:      BulkMailForRudy <crapsh@monkeybrains.net>
To:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Running PPPoE server in jail, possible with VNET?
Message-ID:  <39485ab4-483c-72db-bd99-51f7f797fcef@monkeybrains.net>
In-Reply-To: <f8c88d6f-c642-a569-1de6-787a5a6998d1@grosbein.net>
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On 2/20/19 1:13 PM, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> 21.02.2019 3:37, BulkMailForRudy wrote:
>
>> Dear FreeBSD-net,
>>
>> PPPoE has some broadcast ethernet frames...
>>
>> I have epair0a on my bridge and epair0b in the jail, but the jail doesn't get any PADI (PPPoE packets destinged to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff).
>>
>> Is there a way to have bridge pass broadcast ethernet frames? (tcpdump in the jail shows no PADI packets)
>>
>> Right now, I have netgraph cranking out ncX devices for the PPPoE clients, and I'd like to stuff that mess in a jail so I can run ifconfig on the host and not see a mess.
> You do not need jail to limit output of ifconfig.
> Each network interface in FreeBSD can belong to one or more interface groups.
> First add all your interfaces except of ng* to some new interface group with ifconfig(8), then use:
>
> alias ifconfig='/sbin/ifconfig -g groupname'
>
> Or create new short alias ifc='/sbin/ifconfig -g groupname'
> for short output.

That's neat,  "ifconfig -g epair" shows all my epairs.   My primary 
question, if anyone knows:

  Is there a way to have bridge pass broadcast ethernet frames?

My goal is to run the PPPoE service inside a jail.

Rudy



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