On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:03:14 +0200 Benoit PAPILLAULT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Malcolm Scott a écrit : > | At 22:06 today, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote: > | > |> I am in a very preliminary phase, trying to learn how to implement > |> routing and bridging under Linux. In order for the routing protocol to > |> have proper topology view, it somehow needs to assign a unique IP on all > |> interfaces and for bridging and those interfaces needs to be in the same > |> bridge. > | > | By my understanding (and it's a while since I read that paper so I > might be > | wrong) you don't need unique IP addresses on all interfaces; > everything uses > | MAC addresses. To quote section 4.2 of the draft: > | > | o it runs directly over Layer 2, so therefore may be run with zero > | configuration (no IP addresses need to be assigned) > | > > Correct since the spec is using IS-IS. However, i'd like to use OSPF > instead. I'm reading IS-IS and OSPF details to understand whever a > unique IP is needed per interface. A single IP over the whole would be > more convenient I must admit. > Linux has weak-address model so IP per interface is not going to do what you expect. Use SO_BINDTODEVICE _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
