Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 05:57:11 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: net@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 247912] [if_bridge] IPv6 ndp does not work across local bridge members Message-ID: <bug-247912-7501-JfeJQiNOux@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-247912-7501@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-247912-7501@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247912 --- Comment #19 from Martin Birgmeier <d8zNeCFG@aon.at> --- I'd like to come back to this issue. Basically, I am (still :-)) not assigning the IP addresses to the bridge interface. The major reason for this is that I am assembling/disassembling the bridge and its member interfaces as needed, and I do not want to always have to fiddle with reassigning IP addresses from the member interfaces to the bridge and vice versa. Which brings me to my point: In normal networking parlance a bridge knows nothing about ISO layer 3 and therefore not about IP. Much less it gets an IP address assigned (let us not digress to smart managed devices). So I believe that we have a design issue here: In FreeBSD we are talking about a "bridge" but in reality it is kludge used to tie some interfaces together. Or at least it is not a bridge in the traditional networking sense. How difficult would it be to redesign the bridge abstraction in FreeBSD to more closely resemble a real layer 2 bridge? -- Martin -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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