On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:41:59 -0800 "Awasthi, Vinay K" <vinay.k.awasthi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Stephen, > > I am running a bidirectional test after adding 2 adapters to the bridge. > I am seeing that rate at one port is higher that the other. This does > not happen when I run uni-directional traffic on either adapter. My > configuration is as follows. > Is the bridge able to learn the addresses? (ie brctl showmacs br0) Also are you using ebtables as well? What happens if you just send a few frames, what shows up on the network? > > SMART BITS <----> ADAPTER1 <----> BRIDGE <----> ADAPTER2 <----> SMART > BITS. > > > > STP is not enabled on the bridge. > > > > To run bidirectional traffic I set both smart bits to send broadcast > packets to both adapters and see how many of these packets are received > on each end...This error is more pronounced at jumbo frame sizes. I > could not adjust MTU for BR0 device (this device is bridge). Now if I > add devices in different order, I get different performance...(i.e. poor > performance seems to follow the first adapter that was added...this does > not happen all the time...). MTU of bridge br0 (in 2.6 kernel) is the minimum of the devices in bridge. > > Can you tell me how I can configure bridge to simply pass ALL packets > from one interface to other without looking into headers? Not possible. That isn't what a 802.2 bridge does. Other than performance test, what are you really trying to accomplish. You just gave me facts, not a description of the real goa.
