Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:50:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Cheng Jin <chengjin@cs.caltech.edu>
To:        Leonidas Tsampros <ltsampros@upnet.gr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw out xmit trouble
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.60.0509101046370.5533@orchestra.cs.caltech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20050910145147.GA3028@bifteki.lan>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.60.0509100029001.19120@orchestra.cs.caltech.edu> <20050910145147.GA3028@bifteki.lan>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

Thanks, Leonidas.

> According to the FreeBSD Handbook, Chapter 26.5 you have to set the
> following sysctl variables in order to enable bridging support:
>
> net.link.ether.bridge.enable=1
> net.link.ether.bridge.config=xl0,fxp0
> net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw=1

The bridge.ko is loaded via /boot/loader.conf, and both
bridge.enabled and bridge.config are set via /etc/sysctl.conf

bridge_ipfw is set in my script that was shown in the original
e-mail.

dummynet.ko is also loaded via /boot/loader.conf.  I believe I
have all the necessary ko's loaded and configs set.  Otherwise,
the second pipe wouldnt have worked.

> Also you must have recompiled your kernel to include "options BRIDGE".
> (you can also load the bridge.ko module with "kldload bridge")

Yes, I loaded the ko at start-up.

This thing just seems strange to me.  Maybe there is something
about bridging that I don't understand.


Cheng



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.LNX.4.60.0509101046370.5533>