From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <49E03128.7080902@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:56:56 -0700 From: Michael Boutte MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Bridge] Building a Raw Bridge List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org I'm having trouble figuring out how to make a bridge that does not block forwarding of packets when there is no receive channel in the same bridge. The reason I want to do this is that the return path is via another circuit. The two directions are on two different radios. I would think this would be like the response given to someone in July 2007 about setting a "hub" mode by setting the aging timer to 0. I tried that and it did not work. I also tried a few schemes with ebtables without success either. Is there some relatively easy way to make the bridge forward everything and not cut off the transmit after a single packet? / Here is what one end of the link looks like. // // +-------------+ // /// /// + eth0 +---+ bridge 1 +---+ wan0 ---> Transmit // | +-------------+ // | //switch--+ // | +-------------+ // + eth0 +---+ bridge 2 +---+ wan0 <--- Receive // +-------------+ / The WAN side uses a synchronous serial interface to the radios for satellite communications. The other end uses a single radio and bridge. Mike Boutte