Hi,
I'm interested in being able to control a 5/6-port managed switch
attached to a bce(4)'s mii(4) interface.
I saw the idea of using bridge(4) to take advantage of the hard-
ware switch, but somehow this seems like an unusual idea. The
switch hardware has more configuration options than just bridg-
ing. (Although those features may not be fully documented pub-
licly.)
A CatOS-like method of interface configuration seems to not match
traditional unix methods, but other methods of configuration such
as those used by OpenWrt sometimes seem clumsy, or at least con-
fusing.
So, what options have people thought about? What are their pros
and cons?
Jonathan Kollasch
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