Re: ebtables v/s arptables

["\"C. Bergström\"" <cbergstrom@netsyncro.com>]

pankaj jain wrote:
>
> On 6/15/07, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 15 2007 10:51, pankaj jain wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Bart,
>> > Do I have to create a bridge to use "arpreply --arpreply-mac <MAC
>> > address>" as a target.
>> > I am asking this because I was not getting arp responses from the
>> > machine where I inserted the ebtable rule but did not create a bridge.
>>
>> Of course. Ebtables works ONLY with bridges. So you create
>> your regular eth0 or whatever, give it its ip address, and
>> create a br0 device that binds eth0, but do not give br0
>> any address. (That's how one preferably does it if you only
>> need arpreply.)
>>
>> And don't top post.
>>
>>
> Hi Jan,
> I am sorry I did not get the meaning of last line "And don't top post."
>
> I would also want to know is there any theoretical limit on number of
> iptable , ebtable, arptable rules we can set?
>
I'm just a lurker, but this link may help.

http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php#toppost

Good luck

./C