On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:24:36 +1000 Cameron Hutchison <camh+lbr@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is it possible to set up a non-forwarding bridge? I have two interfaces > that I'd like to combine, where one is a fast main link and the other is > a slower backup. I'd like traffic to go out the fast link only, if it is > available, and failover to the backup if it is not available. I never > want to forward packets between the interfaces. You want bonding not bridging. > One issue may be the 802.11g card on the laptop - a broadcom card > running with ndiswrapper (0.8). I'm not sure if this configuration > supports promiscuous mode and whether or not that is the cause of my > problem. Wise to suspect that, easy to test though. Just run your favorite packet sniffer (tcpdump, ethereal). > However, back to the original question: Can you setup a non-forwarding > bridge? My problem would go away if you could. Or is there another way > to configure networking to achieve the same functional result? Then it isn't a bridge, it is bonding.
