On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 01:35:12PM -0400, Josh Kayse wrote: > On 6/13/05, Greg Hennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We then use > > > ifstaded to monitor the carp interfaces and shut down > > > bridging on one of the machines. > > > > Spanning tree is a no brainer for such a setup, pfsync takes care of the > > rest. > > > We did not want to go with STP because it would not be a self > contained solution. Now we can use these firewalls anywhere without > having to modify any routers, just plug them in inline and it is set. > We also wanted to stick with FreeBSD because we have a knowledgebase > already set up for it and we know how to use it. Unfortunately, there > is no support for STP in freebsd bridging. Yes, I had already looked > into using pfsync and STP, we also considered just using scripts.
FYI, we have STP via if_bridge in 6.x. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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