Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:43:18 -0500 From: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> To: "'Ashley Moran'" <work@ashleymoran.me.uk> Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: if_bridge interface confuses Windows Small Business Server 2000 Message-ID: <20051115134317.90F3843D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200511151241.55239.work@ashleymoran.me.uk>
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> FreeBSD 6 came at the perfect time for me. I've just > switched my primary desktop from Win2k to FreeBSD, and I put > the Windows boot disk in an old machine that was heading for the skip. > > I wanted to access the W2k machine (fred) over VNC without > flooding our switch, so I thought let's take advantage of the > new features in REL 6... I added a second ethernet card to > my FreeBSD box (alfie) and configured a bridge in /etc/rc.conf: > > ifconfig_rl0="DHCP" > ifconfig_rl1="up" > cloned_interfaces="bridge0" > ifconfig_bridge0="addm rl0 addm rl1 up" > gateway_enable="YES" > > SBS is configured to give a static DHCP lease of > 192.168.0.181 to alfie; fred is dynamic and is currently 192.168.0.35. > > At first everything seemed fine, and fred operates as if it > was plugged straight into the network. > > But... > > 1) SBS sees both machines as alfie, even though it correctly > reports the MAC addresses of each machine > > 2) On alfie, when I want to make a VNC connection to fred I > have to type "vnc viewer alfie"(!) > > 3) On fred, if I ping alfie it returns 192.168.0.35 as the IP > number, not 181 which is the static lease. > > > I assume this is a bug in if_bridge, only because I assumed > that bridge > interfaces should be transparent (and act like a physical switch). > > When we get some small switches in I'll use one to connect > the two machines > together, but I'd still like to work out what's going on > here. Am I doing > something wrong? I'm a wee bit confused here, but I do understand what you are trying to do. First, did you compile a new kernel with the following option?: options BRIDGE Second, try giving both PC's a static IP address, and disconnect the FBSD box entirely from the network (so you essentially have a 2 pc network), then commence testing. HTH, Steve > > > Ashley > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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