Subject: Re: Design of bridge(4)
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/09/2003 11:48:28
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 04:17:40PM +0000, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> ifconfig wm0 inet 10.0.0.1 up
> ifconfig bridge0 create
> brconfig bridge0 add wm0
> brconfig bridge0 add wi0
> 
> So it's not easy too see for an adminstrator how things are configured.
> IMHO the IP address should be assigned to the bridge interface itself
> like this:
> 
> ifconfig bridge0 create
> brconfig bridge0 add wm0
> brconfig bridge0 add wi0
> ifconfig bridge0 inet 10.0.0.1 up

  In the latter case, with which MAC is an ARP request answered?

Dave

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