From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "mdpeters" Subject: Re: transparent bridge troubles? Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 17:02:57 -0500 Message-ID: <005601c4f504$a59b4ff0$3e0010ac@esonet18> References: <074001c4f4ea$388d1070$3e0010ac@esonet18> <20050107215324.GA1430@bender.817west.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed"; charset="us-ascii"; reply-type="original" To: Jason Opperisano , netfilter@lists.netfilter.org [-]arp Enable or disable the use of the ARP protocol on this interface. I was told to do that by the Snort folks but maybe .... not? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Opperisano" To: Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 4:53 PM Subject: Re: transparent bridge troubles? > On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 01:53:48PM -0500, mdpeters wrote: >> This is my bridge setup: >> >> /sbin/modprobe ip_queue >> /sbin/ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 >> /sbin/ifconfig eth2 0.0.0.0 >> /usr/local/sbin/brctl addbr br0 >> /usr/local/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1 >> /usr/local/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth2 >> /sbin/ifconfig br0 up >> /usr/local/sbin/brctl stp br0 off >> /sbin/ifconfig br0 0.0.0.0 -arp > > i'm a little rusty on my linux bridging commands--but why did you > execute that last command? the "ifconfig br0 0.0.0.0 -arp" one. it > seems like that would block arp traffic from traversing the bridge, but > i could be mistaken... > > -j > > -- > "I bet Einstein turned himself all sorts of colors before he invented > the light bulb." > --The Simpsons > >