Subject: Re:
To: Jon Miner <miner@doit.wisc.edu>
From: David Maxwell <david@fundy.ca>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/11/1999 00:27:01
On Tue, Aug 10, 1999 at 06:20:18PM -0500, Jon Miner wrote:
> At 08:09 PM 8/10/99 , flav astraud wrote:
> >i would like to know if NetBSD could do mac address routing
>
> What exactly do you mean? in order to route, MAC addresses must be
> available, but you cannot route based on them, since there is no logical
> order.... I suppose one could write a specialized application, but...
>
> More details, please!
Sounds like you want a layer 2 bridge? The answer is no, last time
I saw the question asked. While it wouldn't be at all difficult to
set up, no one with the programming skill has felt it worth the
work.
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