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Date:      Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:40:47 -0800
From:      Rudy <crapsh@monkeybrains.net>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   bridges with vlan member -- unicast?
Message-ID:  <4D66279F.1000205@monkeybrains.net>

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Is anyone bridging a bunch (20+) vlans onto one bridge0?
My goal is to do what the HandBook says I can do:
The customers are completely isolated from each other, the full /24
address range can be allocated without subnetting.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-bridging.html#AEN40688

Last time I tried this (8.1) I got a bunch of unicast flooding and it
busted my network.  I'd like to see a 'nounicast' flag for bridge members...

Say, I've never looked into it, but do unicast floods go to a broadcast
mac address (eg FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF) that I could block via layer2?
more on Unicast Flooding:
 http://packetlife.net/blog/2010/jun/4/blocking-unknown-unicast-flooding/

Rudy




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