From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Tripathy Subject: Re: Bridges Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:24:01 +0100 Message-ID: <4C6DA0F1.80909@abpni.co.uk> References: <4C6B10CA.4090604@abpni.co.uk> <4C6C55C8.5000905@riverviewtech.net> <4C6C5739.5040106@abpni.co.uk> <4C6C59E2.4080307@riverviewtech.net> <4C6C5B87.9070906@abpni.co.uk> <4C6C63EF.7060305@abpni.co.uk> <4C6C6731.50401@plouf.fr.eu.org> <4C6C67A6.9010405@abpni.co.uk> <4C6C6AED.3090008@plouf.fr.eu.org> <4C6C70B6.7050200@abpni.co.uk> <4C6CDC91.6060804@plouf.fr.eu.org> <4C6D7C42.9060409@abpni.co.uk> <4C6D857B.1070906@plouf.fr.eu.org> <4C6D87E3.9080207@abpni.co.uk> <4C6D9E9F.3080507@plouf.fr.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4C6D9E9F.3080507@plouf.fr.eu.org> Sender: netfilter-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Pascal Hambourg , netfilter@vger.kernel.org > >>>> >>>> However, in the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf folder, I >>>> don't see my "public" bridge, only the private one. Incidently, the >>>> private one is the only bridge in my system that has an IP address >>>> asigned to it... >>>> >>>> >>> Ok. May I ask what is your kernel version ? Older than 2.6.21 ? >>> >>> >> Linux xx.xx.xx.xx 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5xen #1 SMP Thu Jul 1 19:41:05 EDT >> 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> > As I expected. A change occured in 2.6.21, recent kernels automatically > link interfaces to the IP stack. > So in my case, am I at a disadvantage, or maybe it doesn't make a difference?