On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 04:00:49PM -0700, Hristo Nazarov wrote:
> Hi to All
> I have a simple question. I want you to excuse me but it is not clear for me
> Configuration is :
>
> LAN1<------>eth0/bridge/eth1<------>LAN2
>
>
> Let say that two machines belonging to LAN1 are exchanging files. I am
> copying 100 mb from first one to second one. Will that traffic go to LAN2,
> or bridge (STP) is clever enough and will NOT forward it. I assume if answer
> is It will go to LAN2, then firewall (ipchains) must be set to prevent
> "Forwarding this LAN1 local traffic"
The bridge will be clever enough not to forward stuff to LAN2, as it keeps
track of everybody's ethernet address.
cheers,
Lennert
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