From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <48A5EF12.5030902@free.fr> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:03:14 +0200 From: Benoit PAPILLAULT MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <48A0B4AD.6030703@free.fr> <20080811163159.49cf9980@extreme> <48A5E1E3.5060907@free.fr> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Bridge] frame destinated to individual port MAC address List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Malcolm Scott Cc: Bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Malcolm Scott a =E9crit : | At 22:06 today, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote: | |> I am in a very preliminary phase, trying to learn how to implement |> routing and bridging under Linux. In order for the routing protocol to |> have proper topology view, it somehow needs to assign a unique IP on all |> interfaces and for bridging and those interfaces needs to be in the same |> bridge. | | By my understanding (and it's a while since I read that paper so I might be | wrong) you don't need unique IP addresses on all interfaces; everything uses | MAC addresses. To quote section 4.2 of the draft: | | o it runs directly over Layer 2, so therefore may be run with zero | configuration (no IP addresses need to be assigned) | Correct since the spec is using IS-IS. However, i'd like to use OSPF instead. I'm reading IS-IS and OSPF details to understand whever a unique IP is needed per interface. A single IP over the whole would be more convenient I must admit. Regards, Benoit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIpe8SOR6EySwP7oIRAg5hAKDGrR+MTJ3PfQGwH3GZyFxBKBjSMACbBro8 6la94mShMYWybEzogEaF54A=3D =3DIRKY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----