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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:15:54 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [Bridge] something about bridge
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On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:41:36 +0800 (CST)
"wu xiaofei" <linuxer@126.com> wrote:

> Hi,
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> I have something to ask.
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> I construct a network like this:
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>  /A\
> B   D
>  \C/
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> 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.
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> 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 t=
he same on node B, C, D), Could I achieve my purpose=EF=BC=9F
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> --
> Regards,
> Wu
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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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