From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 18 18:09:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7427C16A4CE for ; Tue, 18 May 2004 18:09:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2488843D2D for ; Tue, 18 May 2004 18:09:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from interjet.elischer.org ([24.7.73.28]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <20040519010921011006m3ane>; Wed, 19 May 2004 01:09:21 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.elischer.org [127.0.0.1]) by InterJet.elischer.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA46341; Tue, 18 May 2004 18:09:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 18:09:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Jaye Mathisen In-Reply-To: <20040518224917.GA6273@backmaster.cdsnet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Limitations of -curent Bridinging... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 01:09:45 -0000 On Tue, 18 May 2004, Jaye Mathisen wrote: > > > > WHat exactly is the issue (besides no loop detection support) > in 5.x? > > I was going to use 5.x as a bridge between my main router > and the rest of my network, mainly for trafshow/iftop type stuff. > > Of course, I want the ability to ipfw on it as well, if I need to, > and possibly traffic shape with dummynet. Possibly snort as well, although > I'm not sure. > > If I can't do that, then will Netgraph work, and give me something that > I can actually filter with? No, the netgraph ipfw node has never been committed. give a node to do what you want it would work, but while it was written it was never documented well enough to add and it never happenned.. > > Or do I need to switch BSD's and go with Open for this project, because > their bridging code has some function that I'm not comprehending (besides STP). > > > Is there anything wrong with this plan? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >