On Tuesday 15 April 2003 15:55, Jay Wineinger wrote:
> > > Ideally I'd like to use a bridged solution, so if it screws up, the
> > > user can simply unplug the cables, and join then with a cable joiner.
> > > Is this just asking for trouble? I know I would have to use 2.5.47???,
> > > which I'm not really familiar with, how stable is 2.5 ATM?
> >
> > You can use kernel 2.4.20 and configure it as bridge. If you want to
>
> control
>
> > the traffic, you also need ebtables (this is iptables for a brdige).
>
> I was under the impression that you didnt NEED ebtables for qos as you can
> just shape on both interfaces involved in the bridge and use tc filters for
> matching packets. Please correct me if Im wrong.
Indeed. You don't need it. But it can be handy if you want to mark the
packets and use the fw filter.
Stef
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