As far as I can tell, the setup you describe should work as expected. I am not sure what causes the problem you describe. The first thing I would check is if the bridge interfaces (br0) have the same MAC address, they should not.
Jonathan On 30/06/10 02:37 AM, Ng Ming Ann wrote: > > Dear all, > > I’m currently working on a Ethernet bridge for a system. I have a machine(not > PC, but an embedded system) which has two Ethernet ports, I wanted to > configure it into a Ethernet bridge which connect other PC. > > I have tested on configuring it into a bridge where the two PC able to ping > each other and send files. I’m wondering that whether I can involve the > embedded Linux system in the network, where the two PC able to detect the > Linux OS( embedded system) and able to send files and communicate with it as > the figure below: > > Rounded Rectangle: Embedded System ( Bridge) > > > > > > > > > > > > > PC1 > > > > > PC2 > > > > > > > PC1 > > > > > PC2 > > > I have try to add an IP to the bridge (virtual port) and the PCs are able to > Ping the bridge’s IP. > > Then I’d tried to configure the network to be like below: > > Rounded Rectangle: Embedded System ( Bridge2)Rounded Rectangle: Embedded > System ( Bridge1) > > PC1 and PC2 can ping each other can communicate well. I have added IP to both > bridge, but the result is that, PC1 only able to ping bridge1’s IP and not > bridge2’s IP. PC2 as well, is only able to ping bridge2’s IP and not able to > ping bridge1’s IP. > > Do you have any suggestion for me to configure the bridge so that both bridge > can be detected by each of the PC that connected to them? > > Thank you very much in advance. > > Regards, > > Ming Ann > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > - > DISCLAIMER: > > This e-mail (including any attachments) is for the addressee(s) > only and may contain confidential information. If you are not the > intended recipient, please note that any dealing, review, > distribution, printing, copying or use of this e-mail is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify > the sender immediately and delete the original message. > MIMOS Berhad is a research and development institution under > the purview of the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and > Innovation. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this e- > mail that do not relate to the official business of MIMOS Berhad > and/or its subsidiaries shall be understood as neither given nor > endorsed by MIMOS Berhad and/or its subsidiaries and neither > MIMOS Berhad nor its subsidiaries accepts responsibility for the > same. All liability arising from or in connection with computer > viruses and/or corrupted e-mails is excluded to the fullest extent > permitted by law. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bridge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
