On Feb 3, 2012, at 11:56 PM, Robert Spangler <mlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Friday 03 February 2012 09:10, the following was written:
>
>> On 02/03/2012 08:07 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Having a 4 NIC server, I want to bridge eth2 and eth3, with a bridge
>>> named br0.
>>>
>>> Searching the web I only found about creating a file
>>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0, but did not find where to
>>> explicitely list what ports will be bridged.
>>>
>>> Where is it configured?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>
>> All packets appear on both interfaces, unless you use ebtables/iptables to
>> restrict them.
>
> Really? Only hubs present packets to all interfaces. Linux work as a router
> not a hub.
It would be intetesting to know if the bridging in Linux is routed, switched or repeated.
It would be nice if it were switched, but I suspect it's repeated (like a hub).
-Ross
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