From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ted Kaczmarek <tedkaz@optonline.net>
Subject: RE: network-bridge script reworked
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:00:15 -0400
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On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 22:44 +0100, Ian Pratt wrote:
>  > I hacked on the network-bridge script.
> > 
> > It now works much better for me:
> > * we got rid of ifconfig
> > * it works for netdev != eth0
> > * arp on and off are symmetric as are ifdown and ifup
> 
> Didn't we decide we needed to also set 'arp off' on the bridge to avoid
> the 'seen packet with own mac address' complaints?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ian

I was hoping one of those guys working for one of those big shops would
have put a tap on this by now. Would be nice to know what this ethernet
frame before disabling the arp.

Regards,
Ted