Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 12:53:56 -0400 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Nick Evans <nevans@nextvenue.com>, "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bridging Message-ID: <200007061644.MAA16116@etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <712384017032D411AD7B0001023D799B07C96A@SN1EXCHMBX>
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At 12:13 PM 7/6/00 -0400, Nick Evans wrote: > > Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't bridging of two interfaces supposed to > make a duplicate of the traffic from one onto another? Why is it then that on > the second interface I bridge to I only see broadcast and multicast packets? > I have fxp0 and fxp1 acting as a bridge, fxp0 sees all kinds of http traffic, > napster, IM, etc. but fxp1 sees only multi/broadcast packets. Bridges only forward traffic that it thinks it need to...broadcasts, TO known devices and TO unknown devices.It doesnt forward traffic that it knows is destined for the local network. dennis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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