From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4C8E6D82.6020509@superduper.net> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:29:22 -0700 From: Simon Barber MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20100913075419.4d70f1c8@nehalam> In-Reply-To: <20100913075419.4d70f1c8@nehalam> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Bridge] help needed regarding configuration for bridging List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org I think you're looking for more vlan capability than the current Linux bridging code has. I posted a patch a few years back to add vlan aware bridging to the kernel - it would be great if someone updated it to the current kernel. Here's a reference: https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/bridge/2006-September/005046.html Simon On 09/13/2010 07:54 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:11:21 +0530 > debasis das wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I have a Linux box with 3 interfaces eth0,eth1 and eth2. >> Could anyone please let me know whether the following configuration >> would be valid : >> >> *#brctl addbr br1 >> #brctl addif br1 eth1 >> #ifconfig br1 up >> # brctl show >> bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces >> br1 8000.001000000007 no eth1 >> >> >> # brctl addbr br0 >> # brctl addif br0 eth0 >> # ifconfig br0 up >> # vconfig add br0 5 >> # brctl addif br1 br0.5 > > A bridge can not be added to a bridge. >