it works i use it for transfering a port monitor via bridge On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Benjamin Vanheuverzwijn <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hi, > > Yes that's wat i thought but reading > http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bridge#Showing_devices_in_a_bridge > tells > me that if i set aging time to 0, it will makes all entry permanent. > > The aging time is the number of seconds a MAC address will be > > kept in the forwarding database after having received a packet > > from this MAC address. > > The entries in the forwarding database are periodically timed out > > to ensure they won't stay around forever. > > Normally there should be no need to modify this parameter, > > but it can be changed with (time is in seconds). > > >> # brctl setageing bridgename time > > >> Setting ageing time to zero makes all entries permanent. > > > My bad i did not take time to test it. > > Thanks for your answer i will try this! > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Stephen Hemminger < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:46:34 -0500 >> Benjamin Vanheuverzwijn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > Is there a way to disable the mac address learning in linux using >> "brctl" or >> > custom code so any packet sent to the bridge will be flooded in each >> > interfaces. >> > >> > I would like to do something similar as OpenBSD: >> > $ brconfig <bridge> -learn <iface> >> > $ man brconfig >> > ... >> > -learn interface >> > Mark interface so that the source address of packets >> received >> > from interface are not entered into the address cache. >> > ... >> > >> > I tried to search on google and on the mailing-list without success. >> >> Just set ageing time to zero no need for special config option. >> > > > > -- > Benjamin Vanheuverzwijn > > Google Talk/Jabber - [email protected] > http://vanheu.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > Bridge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge >
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