Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:12:22 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Juan Rodriguez Hervella <jrh@it.uc3m.es> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small question about bridging and arp Message-ID: <4059E686.6050207@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200403181750.35948.jrh@it.uc3m.es> References: <200403181750.35948.jrh@it.uc3m.es>
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Juan Rodriguez Hervella wrote: > If I do a bridge between xl0 and xl1, can the IP address > configured on xl1 answer ARP-requests that come from the > LAN the xl0 is connected ? Does this make sense ? Yes, it should. Bridging basicly treats xl0 and xl1 as being on the same physical network and an ARP request for an IP used by one of the two interfaces should be answered regardless of where it came from. -- -Chuck
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