I have been bridging eth1 and eth2 for a couple of years... but I am not
routing traffic across the interfaces on the bridge, rather the traffic is
99% of the time routed from br1 to/from eth0 which is my cable modem. As
throughput is constrained by the speed of the cable modem connection, I am
not affected by any s/w bridge overhead (at least not enough that it
matters).
Lonnie has reported on this list that he has measured up to a 15% overhead
for s/w bridge. But I don't know if this is variable based on the number
of interfaces on the bridge.
I use AstLinux as a gateway to the internet. For all internal traffic I
use a gigabit switch, connected to one of the bridge interfaces. The other
interface is connected to a single Analog ATA. This is part of my strategy
to keep a phone line up if power goes down for everything except my cable
modem, astlinux and the single ATA, the three of which are on a UPS that
can last roughly 12 hours.
David
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Fernando F. <[email protected]>wrote:
> David,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I am a bit nervous on how bad the performance impact
> will be...
> I am trying to move all of my telecom gear to it without the need of
> another switch.
> Is any body out there actively using their system in bridge mode? How bad
> is the performance impact?
>
>
> Thank You,
>
> Fernando Fuentes
> DIGITALVOIPNET.COM
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:08 AM, David Kerr <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> At the bottom of the "Network" tab click on edit user variables and add a
>> line like this into the file...
>>
>> BRIDGE1="eth1 eth2"
>>
>> After reboot, a new interface br1 will be visible in the Network tab of
>> the user interface. As far as I know you can add multiple eth interfaces
>> to the bridge.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Fernando F. <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Darrick,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the advice.
>>>
>>> Thank You,
>>>
>>> Fernando Fuentes
>>> DIGITALVOIPNET.COM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Darrick Hartman <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Fernando,****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Yes, this is possible, but that sounds a lot like a switch with poor
>>>> performance ;). Take a look at the examples in /stat/etc/rc.conf. You’ll
>>>> need to have the appropriate variables added to user.conf, but it should be
>>>> pretty straightforward. Again, use /stat/etc/rc.conf as an example, do NOT
>>>> edit that file.****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> If you can’t figure it out by tomorrow, I’m sure someone else can
>>>> respond with the exact variables. Once you have the bridge (br0) created,
>>>> it should show up in the web interface and allow you to manipulate settings
>>>> on that interface.****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Again, I really think you’d be better off with a 5 port switch because
>>>> bridging those eth devices will come with a penalty in performance.****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Darrick****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Fernando F. [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:14 PM
>>>> *To:* AstLinux Users Mailing List
>>>> *Subject:* [Astlinux-users] Bridging eth ports****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to bridge the eth ports on astlinux?****
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to bridge eth1,2,3 to eth0****
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank You,
>>>>
>>>> Fernando Fuentes
>>>> DIGITALVOIPNET.COM
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
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