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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
To: "Majjari Vikram(TLS-ESG), Bangalore" <Majjari.Vikram@hcl.in>
Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] Static filtering entries in bridging -- linux 2.4.20 kernel
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:01:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <460C8BA5.5060407@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AFB2687AB4F98E419EDFA205E376D4132C7CFB@BLR-HCLT-EVS01.HCLT.CORP.HCL.IN>

Majjari Vikram(TLS-ESG), Bangalore wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>             Iam working on bridging in linux 2.4.20 kernel. can any 
> one help me on these questions.
>
2.4 code is in stable (dormant) mode, major bug fixes only.

>  
>
>    1. how to make static filtering entries and
>

Bridging in linux does not have a way to add static entries. Why do you 
need them?
>
>   1.
>
>
>    2. how to make group MAC addresses (multicast addresses) in bridging.
>
You don't need to. All mulitcasts are forwarded automatically as per
802.1d spec.

>  
>
> Eagerly waiting for reply.
>


      reply	other threads:[~2007-03-30  4:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-29 12:03 [Bridge] Static filtering entries in bridging -- linux 2.4.20 kernel Majjari Vikram(TLS-ESG), Bangalore
2007-03-30  4:01 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]

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