I am interested in resolving this too, as we may encounter similar problems
when we implement PPP Bridging Control Protocol (BCP) which will result in
still more devices that come and go.
Would it help or hurt to have the bridge driver shoot out an ARP response
packet when it changes its MAC address? I must admit to a lack of knowledge
about this.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Palmieri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:58 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Bridge] MAC address bug
>
>
> It seems the bridge takes on the MAC address of the last added
> interface. This poses a problem as one of the devices on our
> bridge is
> a wireless lan card that can be taken out or added at any
> time. Clients
> who attach to the bridge interface work fine until the
> wireless card is
> taken out. At this point the client (which is Win98) can no
> longer ping
> the server because, I believe, the ARP table still points to the
> wireless MAC. Pinging from the server to the client fixes
> this because
> the new MAC is updated on the client. Is there a way I can force the
> bridge to always take the MAC address of the fixed interface?
>
> --
> John Palmieri
> Programmer
> BASCOM
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