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Date:      Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:52:55 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Mark <maxiter@inetu.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bridge(4)
Message-ID:  <20020827155255.A25403@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10208271814530.28248-100000@norad.inetu.net>; from maxiter@inetu.net on Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 06:24:29PM -0400
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10208271814530.28248-100000@norad.inetu.net>

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On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 06:24:29PM -0400, Mark wrote:
>=20
> Greets.  I'm using bridge(4) for some slightly unintended purposes, and
> need some insight or alternative suggestions.
>=20
> I have a FreeBSD 4.6.2 box with six NICs.  :)  I want to use bridge to
> mirror traffic from xl1 to xl2 and xl3 (and possibly others). =20

I'd suggest using netgraph and an ng_one2many node.  The example in the
manpage is fairly similar to what you want to do with the primary
exceptions being that you don't want to process any packets and you need
to put the node in NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_ALL mode.

-- Brooks

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