Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:42:59 +0200 From: David =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sieb=F6rger?= <drs@rucus.ru.ac.za> To: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bridging when one interface has no carrier Message-ID: <20020819184259.GA523@rucus.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <20020819181919.GA9000@tp.databus.com> References: <3D61224B.2020902@isi.edu> <20020819102951.A38869@iguana.icir.org> <3D612D6A.9020604@isi.edu> <20020819181919.GA9000@tp.databus.com>
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On Mon 2002-08-19 (14:19), Barney Wolff wrote: > Out of idle curiosity, why do interfaces have to have IPs assigned > to do bridging? That's not how "real" bridges/switches work. (I > should probably go search the archives, as this has surely been > answered before.) They don't - they just have to be up'ed. bashir:~$ grep ifconfig /etc/rc.conf ifconfig_tx0="inet bashir/28" ifconfig_tx1="up" bashir:~$ grep bridge /etc/sysctl.conf net.link.ether.bridge=1 net.link.ether.bridge_cfg=tx0:0,tx1:0 net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw=1 -- David Siebörger drs@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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