From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <446C945C.1090300@fas.harvard.edu> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:35:56 -0400 From: Vivek Kuncham MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bridge] VLAN translation + PVST+ References: <446BC951.2050803@us.checkpoint.com> <20060518143959.GB21325@tuxdriver.com> <446C8C9E.3040504@us.checkpoint.com> In-Reply-To: <446C8C9E.3040504@us.checkpoint.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Ian Schwimmer Cc: bridge@lists.osdl.org I have no idea how I got on this list. Would someone mind taking me off? I'm not sure how to do it. Thanks, Vivek On 5/18/2006 11:02 AM, Ian Schwimmer wrote: > It is useful if the server doing the bridging is also doing something > else, such as firewall policy enforcement. > > Then, you may move hosts in and out of the "protected" VLAN simply by > changing their port VLAN assignment. No messing with cabling, no IP > address changes. > > -Ian > > John W. Linville wrote: > >> On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 06:09:37PM -0700, Ian Schwimmer wrote: >> >> >>> Hello, I am creating a configuration where a Redhat server running >>> bridge-tools 0.9.5 will be bridging between different VLANs on the >>> same physical interface (for example: a bridge consisting of >>> eth1.100 and eth1.110). This physical interface is being connected >>> to modern Cisco switches running PVST+. >>> >> >> >> I'm curious as to how this is useful? What is the point of having >> two VLANs on the same segment if you are just going to bridge them >> together? Is this useful for something beyond some sort of migration? >> >> Curious, >> >> John >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Bridge mailing list > Bridge@lists.osdl.org > https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge