> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 07:48:40 -0600
> From: amvandem...@gmail.com
> CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Bridging-(How to test and verify that bridging is enabled)
>
> Faizan ul haq Muhammad wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:35:33 +0700
> >> From: o...@cs.ait.ac.th
> >> To: faiz...@hotmail.com
> >> CC: fbsd.questi...@rachie.is-a-geek.net; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org;
> >> fb...@a1poweruser.com
> >> Subject: Re: Bridging-(How to test and verify that bridging is enabled)
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>
> >>>> Are you using properly crossed cables?
> >>>>
> >>> Isnt it enough check for the that two linux can ping each other..
> >>>
> >> Yes and no. You must used crossed Ethernet cable between your FreeBSD
> >> bridge and each of your Linux boxes.
> >>
> > Frankly i am not sure about the cables type but they works PC to PC
> > connectivity.
> >
> >> As someone suggested, what is ifconfig saying on the FreeBSD box? You
> >> should see that both sk0 and sk1 have a status: active. Else it means
> >> you have a cable problem.
> >>
> >
> > sk0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0
> > mtu 1500
> >
> > options=b<RXCSUM, TXCSUM, VLAN_MTU
> > ether 00:0a:5e:1a:69:25
> > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX <full-duplex, flag0, flag1, flag2>)
> > status: active
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > sk1: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0
> > mtu 1500
> >
> > options=b<RXCSUM, TXCSUM, VLAN_MTU
> > ether 00:0a:5e:1a:67:ee
> > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX <full-duplex, flag0, flag1, flag2>)
> > status: active
> >
> >
> >
> > here is the ifconfig output for the bridge interface:
> >
> > bridge0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
> > 1500
> >
> > options=b<RXCSUM, TXCSUM, VLAN_MTU
> > ether 0a:54:d7:7e:aa:66
> >
> > inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> >
> > id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priortiy 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15
> >
> > maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200
> >
> > root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 ifcost 0 port 0
> >
> I think ifconfig bridge0 should list member interfaces. Did you add them?
ifconfig bridge0 addm sk0 addm sk1 up
ifconfig sk0 up
ifconfig sk1 up
this configuration exists in rc.conf
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
_________________________________________________________________
Windows Live™: Life without walls.
http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009_______________________________________________
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
