Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:18:57 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Shawn Saunders <saundersconsult@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Redirect fec0 to physical NIC Message-ID: <20060314191857.GS840@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY115-F166E3370E64F4E0A7075BBBAE10@phx.gbl> References: <BAY115-F166E3370E64F4E0A7075BBBAE10@phx.gbl>
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Shawn Saunders wrote this message on Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 09:30 -0800:
> I have successfully used add_iface to bond two interfaces to fec0
> (10/100's).
>
> I would like to now take fec0 and send it out a physical interface, but
> when I attempt to either add the fec0 interface, or substitute a real
> interface and use add_iface of two real interfaces to a third real
> interface, it says that the "Function is not implemented". I am using
> FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p9.
>
> I don't need to use a virtual interface. My real goal is to take traffic
> from multiple incoming physical interfaces, and redirect them (agregate)
> out another physical interface. Even if there is traffic loss, that is not
> a problem. Just need to know if it can be done. If so, I can then work on
> the bandwidth limitations.
Sounds like you want to if_bridge the fec0 interface and the other
physical interface...
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