Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:15:18 -0700 From: "Shawn Saunders" <saundersconsult@hotmail.com> To: "Gleb Smirnoff" <glebius@FreeBSD.org> Cc: dionch@freemail.gr, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Trying to make a Host into a gigabit hub for testing Message-ID: <BAY101-DAV10664F8D8E8D3FB1D18E75BA690@phx.gbl> References: <4357D95C.3080903@freemail.gr><BAY101-F20316E38B129BF4423F511BA730@phx.gbl> <20051021053228.GX59364@cell.sick.ru>
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Actually, I think one2many is more appropriate. I do not want the traffic that is coming in on the incoming ports to be echoed back to them, and isn't that what the ng_hub would do? Shawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gleb Smirnoff" <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: "Shawn Saunders" <saundersconsult@hotmail.com> Cc: <dionch@freemail.gr>; <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:32 PM Subject: Re: Trying to make a Host into a gigabit hub for testing > On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 09:31:15PM +0000, Shawn Saunders wrote: > S> Chris, > S> > S> Now the traffic is going out all the ports, thanks. Only one issue, is > S> that it is also being echo'd back the em0 interface. When I put this > under > S> a full GIGABIT load, 6 interfaces feeding back what was just sent them, > S> will kill my primary em0 interface. > S> > S> Is there a way to make the echo from em0 to all other interfaces only > go > S> one-way, rather than em0 also being part of the group and receiving > S> everthing it sends back again? > > I haven't yet understood the graph you built, but the Subject line > tells me that you should use ng_hub(4), not ng_one2many(4) or ng_fec(4). > > -- > Totus tuus, Glebius. > GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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