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Date:      Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:28:01 -0600
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Bridging-(How to test and verify that bridging is enabled)
Message-ID:  <49ABECF1.9070900@gmail.com>
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Faizan ul haq Muhammad wrote:
>
>
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 08:05:09 -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 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
> > >
> > >
> > if ifconfig doesn't print out something like this:
> >
> > bridge0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 
> mtu
> > 1500
> > ether 4a:be:26:65:75:06
> > id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 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
> > member: sk0 flags=143<LEARNING,DISCOVER,AUTOEDGE,AUTOPTP>
> > ifmaxaddr 0 port 1 priority 128 path cost 2000000
> > member: sk1 flags=143<LEARNING,DISCOVER,AUTOEDGE,AUTOPTP>
> > ifmaxaddr 0 port 2 priority 128 path cost 200000
> >
> > Then you need to add the member interfaces.
>
> i noted that, following information is missing
>  member: sk0 flags=143<LEARNING,DISCOVER,AUTOEDGE,AUTOPTP>
>  ifmaxaddr 0 port 1 priority 128 path cost 2000000
>  member: sk1 flags=143<LEARNING,DISCOVER,AUTOEDGE,AUTOPTP>
>  ifmaxaddr 0 port 2 priority 128 path cost 200000
>
> Now i need to know how to add the interfaces..?
> Any command do u knw and can help me..?
>
> Regards!!!
>
> <http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009>;
ifconfig bridge0 addm sk0 addm sk1 up
ifconfig sk0 up
ifconfig sk1 up




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