[lk] bridge | The Linux Foundation

[Peter Teoh]

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bridge And many other links: Ethernet VPN bridging Ebtables firewalling Ethernet-bridge HOWTO Linux-bridge STP HOWTO wikipedia:Spanning_tree_protocol Understanding Spanning-Tree Protocol (Cisco) Contents 1 Bridging and Firewalling 2 Status 3 Downloading 4 Kernel Configuration 5 Manual Configuration 5.1 Network cards 5.2 Module loading 5.3 Creating a bridge device 5.4 Adding devices to a bridge 5.5 Showing devices in a bridge 5.6 Spanning Tree Protocol 5.6.1 STP tuning 5.6.1.1 Bridge priority 5.6.1.2 Path priority and cost 5.6.1.3 Forwarding delay 5.6.1.4 Hello time 5.6.1.5 Max age 5.7 Multicast (IGMP) snooping 5.8 Sample setup 6 Configuration with /etc/net 7 FAQ 7.1 What does a bridge do? 7.2 Is it protocol independent? 7.3 Why is this code better than a switch? 7.4 Why is this code worse than a switch? 7.5 What is the performance of the bridge? 7.6 My bridge does not show up in traceroute! 7.7 It doesn't work! 7.8 No traffic gets trough (except ARP and STP) 7.9 Does bridging work on 2.2? 7.10 Are there plans for RSTP (802.1w) support? 7.11 What can be bridged? 7.12 Can I do bridging in combination with netfilter/iptables? 7.13 Does it work with Token Ring , FDDI, or Firewire? 7.14 I keep getting the message retransmitting tcn bpdu! 7.15 It doesn't work with my regular Ethernet card! 7.16 It doesn't work with my Wireless card! 7.17 I still don't understand!! 7.18 I get the error 'too much work in interrupt' 7.19 Does DHCP work over/through a bridge? 8 Contact Info 9 External Links