Stef Coene wrote: >On Wednesday 25 September 2002 07:59, Rohan Almeida wrote: > > >>Hi List, >> >>I've truly sorry if this question has been tried >>on this LIST, but i'm quite desperate now! >> >>I'm currently using a linux box doing proxy-arp, >>with same IP on both interfaces. >>kernel 2.4.18 with htb and iproute2 patch >>iptables and tc works perfectly as expected >> >>Now, I want to convert the linux box to a >>bridge, using (http://bridge.sourceforge.net) >> >> >This code is already available in kernel 2.4.x, so no patches needed if you >use a 2.4.x kernel. > > > >>I noticed that you have to patch the kernel >>as well as iptables. >> >> >It's only needed to patch the kernel if you want to use iptables on the >bridge. > > > >>Does tc need to be patched? >> >> >No > > > >>Does this even work? >> >> >Yes > > > >>I mean is it possible to operate linux >>in bridge mode and have bandwidth control also? >> >> >Yes. You can use the u32 filter. If you want to use the iptables+fw-filter, >you will need extra patches. > >Stef > > > I want to put very clear this idea, because I am interested in this too! If I want to put a Linux machine with bridge and HTB shaping, and only that (NO firewall, no iptables, no nothing, only bridge and HTB for shaping). Do I need to patch the kernel with anything other that the HTB patch (if my linux kernel < 2.4.20 ) Thanks! Julio. _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
