On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 10:30:41AM +0530, Vishwanathan K wrote:
> > > > i'm experimenting with brctl. I hv a (linux)box with 2 int. (eth0 & > > > eth1). > > > My question is shld I bring eth0 down(ifconfig eth0 down) before doing > > > the following : > > > brctl addbr B1 > > > brctl addif B1 eth0 > > > ifconfig B1 up > > > and keep it down until I delete bridge B1. > > > Is that the 'proper' way to go about it ? > > > > It doesn't matter either way. Only thing that matters is to delete addresses > > from eth0. > > Thanks for confirming. > btw, is there is a real need to delete addresses from eth0.? I understand > that since eth0 is now > acting as a bridged interface, there is no requirement for an address. > But what if I keep the address (on eth0) on ? It will most likely confuse routing. Packet will go out through eth0, but they won't come back on eth0. > On a related note, if I delete addresses from eth0 & keep them on eth1, > can we then make the box act as a brouter (bridge + router) ? Not without extra help, unfortunately. ebtables should be extended to provide this functionality, but as far as I know it can't be done yet. > Also can (or should) a single interface behave as a brouter ? I'm not sure what you mean by that. > > > Also B1 acts as a pseudo(virutal) interface here, right? > > > > Ehm.. well.. yeah, it's a virtual interface all right.. although I'm not > > sure whether that is what you wanted to know. > > :). You guessed it. > Hmm..if I dont want to have a virtual interface (which i can bring > down later) implementation, the only other (not at all the right) way is > to probably make the interface(eth0) act as a 'permanently' bridged > interface. i'm just trying to think of how an interface can be bridged > w/o the virtual interface idea (which is a pretty cool one). > hope you got what i meant. This, to me, sounds somewhat like "I want to drive this nail into the wall, but I don't want to use a hammer!", if you get what I mean :) > > > Information transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Wipro and/or its >Customers and > > > is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is > > > addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or > > > exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended > > > recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without > > > proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this > > > information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please > > > notify us immediately at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this mail > > > from your records. > > > > Blah. > > Yeah ! Now only if that filter would trim lines at 72 columns at the same time... :) cheers, Lennert _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge
