On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:03:14 +0200Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault@xxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----> Hash: SHA1> > Malcolm Scott a écrit :> | At 22:06 today, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote:> |> |> I am in a very preliminary phase, trying to learn how to implement> |> routing and bridging under Linux. In order for the routing protocol to> |> have proper topology view, it somehow needs to assign a unique IP on all> |> interfaces and for bridging and those interfaces needs to be in the same> |> bridge.> |> | By my understanding (and it's a while since I read that paper so I> might be> | wrong) you don't need unique IP addresses on all interfaces;> everything uses> | MAC addresses. To quote section 4.2 of the draft:> |> | o it runs directly over Layer 2, so therefore may be run with zero> | configuration (no IP addresses need to be assigned)> |> > Correct since the spec is using IS-IS. However, i'd like to use OSPF> instead. I'm reading IS-IS and OSPF details to understand whever a> unique IP is needed per interface. A single IP over the whole would be> more convenient I must admit.> Linux has weak-address model so IP per interface is not goingto do what you expect. Use SO_BINDTODEVICE_______________________________________________Bridge mailing listBridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
