Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:01:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Sean Lutner <sean@rentul.net> To: Nick Evans <nevans@nextvenue.com> Cc: "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bridging Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007062300510.27356-100000@lowrider.lewman.org> In-Reply-To: <712384017032D411AD7B0001023D799B07C96A@SN1EXCHMBX>
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Bridges create a broadcast zone. broadcast packets will cross the bridge unobstructed. On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Nick Evans wrote: > Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't bridging of two interfaces supposed to > make a duplicate of the traffic from one onto another? Why is it then that > on the second interface I bridge to I only see broadcast and multicast > packets? I have fxp0 and fxp1 acting as a bridge, fxp0 sees all kinds of > http traffic, napster, IM, etc. but fxp1 sees only multi/broadcast packets. > > any ideas? > > > ------------------------------------------ > nick.evans > network.engineering > NextVenue, Inc. > phone: (212) 909.2988 > pager: (888) 642.5541 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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