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 -- stef.coene@docum.org "Using Linux as bandwidth manager" http://www.docum.org/ #lartc @ irc.oftc.net _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
