From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 11 21:29:14 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC8F7A90 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:29:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (bigwig.baldwin.cx [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:75::1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30CD32717 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:29:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (unknown [209.249.190.124]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1B1C7B94A; Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:29:11 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Errors in docs on Bridging? Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:24:04 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.4-CBSD-20140415; KDE/4.5.5; amd64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <201408111424.04697.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:29:11 -0400 (EDT) Cc: Rich Turner X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:29:15 -0000 On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 5:17:26 pm Rich Turner wrote: > Hi. I am relatively new to FreeBSD, and am trying to configure a FreeBSD = VM=20 as a Filtering Bridge. >=20 >=20 > I have been reading through the=20 >=20 >=20 > On the =E2=80=9CHow To Install=E2=80=9D page, section 2.2 states that =E2= =80=98bridge_load=3D=E2=80=9DYES=E2=80=9D=E2=80=99=20 can be added to rc.conf. But in if_bridge(4) page, it states that=20 =E2=80=98if_bridge_load=3D"YES"=E2=80=99 should be added (along with =E2=80= =98bridgestp_load=3D"YES"=E2=80=99). The if_bridge manpage is referring to entries to place in /boot/loader.conf= ,=20 not /etc/rc.conf. The module is called 'if_bridge', so 'if_bridge_load=3DY= ES'=20 should be used fo rloader.conf. I think it has a dependency on bridgestp s= o=20 that you don't need to load it automatically. OTOH, if you just list=20 'bridge0' in 'cloned_interfaces' then if_bridge is loaded for you=20 automatically and you don't need to set it in loader.conf at all. Can you confirm which "How To Install" page you are looking at? I couldn't= =20 find a recommendation to set "bridge_load" in rc.conf in the Handbook or FA= Q=20 on the main website. =2D-=20 John Baldwin