Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:53:30 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Elliot Finley <efinley@efinley.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Transparent bridging using tun device? Message-ID: <20000628225329.E451@dialin-client.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <395bc585.17193602@mail.afnetinc.com>; from efinley@efinley.com on Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 03:52:37AM %2B0000 References: <395bc585.17193602@mail.afnetinc.com>
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On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 03:52:37AM +0000, Elliot Finley wrote:
> I have a LAN that I want to split in half, but leave all the IPs the
> same (they'll still be on the same subnet). I then wan't to
> transparently bridge these two (now) separate LANs back together.
>
> I know that I can do this by having one computer with two NICs in it,
> one on each segment. But what I want to know is if I can connect one
> computer from each segment together using a serial cable, and both of
> them would be talking PPP (using tun devices) over the serial port.
>
> Can I do this and transparently bridge across the serial cable?
% man bridge
.
.
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Not all interface support bridging -- at the moment it works for ``ed'',
``de'', ``ep'', ``fe'', ``fxp'', ``lnc'', ``mx'', ``tx'', and ``xl'' in-
terfaces.
Not looking good for the in-kernel bridging.
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu
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