Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 05:04:43 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: eddy@isi.edu Cc: jon@caamora.com.au, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ethernet segment spliting Message-ID: <199902230404.FAA18698@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <14034.5665.522309.576539@kit.isi.edu> from "eddy@isi.edu" at Feb 22, 99 07:22:51 pm
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> the bridges above will be not be doing any IP routing, just forwarding > IP packets based on MAC addresses. you can do this with cisco's and > i'd assume most other major bridge/router vendors. of course you may > run into serious traffic jams if your bridging ethernet over a much > slower line, like a 56k. in fact as many already said the most obvious solution seems to use routing, not bridging. > i'm not sure if this can be done with freebsd however. Luigi's bridge > code and ppp would be the place to look (Luigi will probably be able > to answer this :). just because i am called... bridging in freebsd only works on ethernet-type networks. Someone already asked me that i also add support for 'tun' interfaces so that solutions like the one above are possible. Shouldn't be that hard to implement, just isn't there right now. cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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