Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:01:59 +0000 From: Faizan ul haq Muhammad <faizi62@hotmail.com> To: <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Bridging-(How to test and verify that bridging is enabled) Message-ID: <BLU149-W811D1335B14B340BA3738DB6A90@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <49ABE3B8.1010801@gmail.com> References: <BLU149-W30AA22383B41E0B5F3E951B6A90@phx.gbl> <200903020828.n228SAN7080657@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <BLU149-W4004210FC05DBF9A1D024B6A90@phx.gbl> <200903020935.n229ZXXo090477@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <BLU149-W39D17E34A52D39B08A8503B6A90@phx.gbl> <49ABE3B8.1010801@gmail.com>
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> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 07:48:40 -0600 > From: amvandemore@gmail.com > CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Bridging-(How to test and verify that bridging is enabled) > > Faizan ul haq Muhammad wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:35:33 +0700 > >> From: on@cs.ait.ac.th > >> To: faizi62@hotmail.com > >> CC: fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; fbsd1@a1poweruser.com > >> Subject: Re: Bridging-(How to test and verify that bridging is enabled) > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >>>> Are you using properly crossed cables? > >>>> > >>> Isnt it enough check for the that two linux can ping each other.. > >>> > >> Yes and no. You must used crossed Ethernet cable between your FreeBSD > >> bridge and each of your Linux boxes. > >> > > Frankly i am not sure about the cables type but they works PC to PC connectivity. > > > >> As someone suggested, what is ifconfig saying on the FreeBSD box? You > >> should see that both sk0 and sk1 have a status: active. Else it means > >> you have a cable problem. > >> > > > > sk0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > > > options=b<RXCSUM, TXCSUM, VLAN_MTU > > ether 00:0a:5e:1a:69:25 > > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX <full-duplex, flag0, flag1, flag2>) > > status: active > > > > > > > > > > > > sk1: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > > > options=b<RXCSUM, TXCSUM, VLAN_MTU > > ether 00:0a:5e:1a:67:ee > > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX <full-duplex, flag0, flag1, flag2>) > > status: active > > > > > > > > here is the ifconfig output for the bridge interface: > > > > bridge0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > > > options=b<RXCSUM, TXCSUM, VLAN_MTU > > ether 0a:54:d7:7e:aa:66 > > > > inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > > > > id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priortiy 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15 > > > > maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200 > > > > root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 ifcost 0 port 0 > > > I think ifconfig bridge0 should list member interfaces. Did you add them? ifconfig bridge0 addm sk0 addm sk1 up ifconfig sk0 up ifconfig sk1 up this configuration exists in rc.conf > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009help
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