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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
To: wu xiaofei <linuxer@126.com>
Cc: bridge <bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Bridge] something about bridge
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:15:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090901091554.127cc664@nehalam> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31276275.576251251819696228.JavaMail.coremail@bj126app27.126.com>

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:41:36 +0800 (CST)
"wu xiaofei" <linuxer@126.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have something to ask.
> 
> I construct a network like this:
> 
>  /A\
> B   D
>  \C/
> 
> All of the nodes(A, B, C, D) have two wireless cards (wlan0, wlan1).  A-B, B-C, A-D, D-C are wireless links.
> 
> Node A wnats to transmit packets with node C. Because the wireless links are not very reliable, I want to forward the same packet through A-B-C and A-D-C simultaneously. If I bridge interface wlan0 and wlan1 of node A (do the same on node B, C, D), Could I achieve my purpose?
> 
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Wu
> 
> 

Bridging does not do redundant forwarding.
Bridging (and bonding) do not improve or change the per-packet reliablity of
the link.

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      reply	other threads:[~2009-09-01 16:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-01 15:41 [Bridge] something about bridge wu xiaofei
2009-09-01 16:15 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]

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