Stephen, Thanks for your quick respond. What do you mean by "later kernels"? I curently use kernel 2.4.20 Can I add a ioctl that enables modifying the bridge MAC address? Thanks, Ariel -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:shemminger@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:31 PM To: Levi Ariel-BAL023 Cc: bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Bridge] bridge MAC address On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 20:20:38 +0200 "Levi Ariel-BAL023" <ariel.levi@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have notice that the bridge gets the "lowest" MAC address of its > interfaces. > > Function: br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id() > > > > Is there a meaning behind this or not? > > > > Thanks, > > Ariel > It's part of the Spanning Tree Protocol in the 802.1d standard. In later kernels you can reset the address to be the same as any of the interfaces being bridged.
