On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 10:18:08PM -0800, David Blythe wrote:
> I noticed that the bridge code picks the numerically lowest interface > mac address as its own address. I was hoping someone could explain why. 1. It's consistent (doesn't depend on enslavement order). 2. The IEEE 802.1d 'bridging' standard recommends it. > I am curious if doing something like using the address of the first > interface in the list would work just as well, or perhaps support > SIOCSIFHWADDR and lock that address onto the bridge device until it is > reset with another SIOCSIFHWADDR call? The latter option sounds interesting. If there's enough demand I guess I should code this up. cheers, Lennert _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge
