From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <49E0BD2D.9030908@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:54:21 -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 Hi All, I think the little diagram of the circuit became a mess when transmitted. How about this attempt? This is the hub of a hub and spoke topology and there is normally only one transmit and multiple receivers Here is what one end of the link looks like. +-------------+ + eth0 +---+ bridge 1 +---+ wan0 ---> Transmit | +-------------+ | switch--+ | +-------------+ + eth0 +---+ bridge 2 +---+ wan0 <--- Receive +-------------+ Mike Boutte