From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:56:33 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger Message-ID: <20090413095633.63894b2f@nehalam> In-Reply-To: <49E0BD2D.9030908@pacbell.net> References: <49E0BD2D.9030908@pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Bridge] Building a Raw Bridge List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Michael Boutte Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:54:21 -0700 Michael Boutte wrote: > Hi All, > I think the little diagram of the circuit became a mess when > transmitted. How about this attempt? This is the hub of a hub and spoke > topology and there is normally only one transmit and multiple receivers > > Here is what one end of the link looks like. > > +-------------+ > > + eth0 +---+ bridge 1 +---+ wan0 ---> Transmit > > | +-------------+ > | > switch--+ > | +-------------+ > + eth0 +---+ bridge 2 +---+ wan0 <--- Receive > > +-------------+ > > > Mike Boutte > _______________________________________________ > Bridge mailing list > Bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge What you are doing is not really a bridge, so of course it won't work. If you need to glue devices together, and the performance overhead isn't too high do it in user space.