Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:03:52 -0700 From: "Aaron D. Gifford" <agifford@infowest.com> To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: Re: 5.2 Bridging issue Message-ID: <402BEA38.8080301@infowest.com> In-Reply-To: <opr29g9itromdbx5@localhost> References: <20040212105656.30C99620E@eq.net> <opr29g9itromdbx5@localhost>
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I asked: >> I've got a bridge(4) issue on a BSD 5.2.1 box. The bridging box has >> three ethernet interfaces, two bridged together in a single cluster, >> and one connected to the internet. The box acts as a bridge for the >> two network segments, and as a router to the Internet (it's the >> default gateway). The problem is, only one of the bridged segments >> can communicate with the BSD box directly (and thus the Internet), >> even though the two segments can talk to each other just fine. Bjorn Eikeland replied: > > Try sysctl net.inet.ip.check_interface=0 - sounds like the same problem > i had with my > bridge a while back. > > good luck! > > Bjorn Thanks! That was it! I didn't even think to check this, since I was unaware that it was set to 1 by default in 5.2. Maybe I'll submit a patch PR for the bridge(4) man page to mention this. Aaron out.
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