Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:50:42 -0600 From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> To: "Stefan Molnar" <stefan@csudsu.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Bridging code in 4.2RC1 still not fixed Message-ID: <00a501c04e74$32da15e0$c70b200a@FairIsaac.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011141138470.10599-100000@clockwork.csudsu.com>
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I do believe the ability to do bridging is based upon the ability of the driver and the card to run the card in promiscuous mode. Tom Veldhouse veldy@veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Molnar" <stefan@csudsu.com> To: "Rich Wales" <richw@webcom.com> Cc: "Wilko Bulte" <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>; <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 1:40 PM Subject: Re: Bridging code in 4.2RC1 still not fixed > > Hummm, just because the card is useable does not mean the bridging code > works or is in the driver. Even tho lnc is supported, the patch might > have negated that effect. > > On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Rich Wales wrote: > > > Stefan Molnar wrote: > > > > > I had bridging plus ipfw working in 4.0-R to 4.1-S for > > > some time. I only had it crash when I used a tulip card > > > (de0), I used dc0 for the setup. It did go to a slow > > > crawl, and figured out it was the cards themself, it > > > would goto a crawl with just nat. I do not have it > > > running currently. What cards are you using? > > > > The system in question has three NIC's (all PCI): > > > > ==> ed1 (RealTek 8029 PCI) > > ==> lnc1 (Linksys HomeLink PNA) > > ==> xl0 (3Com 3c900-TPO) > > > > At the time of the test, the 3Com card was installed, but not in use. > > I was using PPP (/usr/sbin/ppp) and a dialup ISP connection. I am now > > using the 3Com card as an interface to a DSL hookup. > > > > My LNC driver has been patched to recognize and initialize HomeLink > > cards (1Mbps Ethernet over inside phone wiring). The patched code > > works just fine when the system is configured as a conventional router > > (not as a bridge). > > > > Rich Wales richw@webcom.com http://www.webcom.com/richw/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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