2010/1/16 Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Jean-Michel Hautbois schreef: >> Hi everybody ! >> >> I am trying to understand the "PacketFlow.png" image from the website. >> I have several misunderstanding, especially on the "Bridging Decision" circles. >> >> I would like to understand which way a packet takes when the rule on >> -A INPUT -j ACCEPT is on, for example. When looking at the packet >> flow, I would say it is going to the "routing decision" circle, but, I >> am not sure... >> >> > It is handed to the IP layer, which includes a routing decision. But this is only true for L3 layer ? Or routing decision is at a L2 level, in order to decide whether to bridge should route a packet up to the IP layer or not. That's it ? >> I would also like to understand what is necessary in order to have a >> packet transparently directed from one interface to the other. I would >> say that only the "-A FORWARD -j ACCEPT" rule is necessary, but >> Wireshark doesn't agree with me... >> >> > Ebtables is used to filter bridged traffic. You can't use ebtables to > direct a packet to another interface. Well, when a bridge is between two interfaces, this is quite the same than saying it is forwarded from one to the other, in my point of view. No ? JM _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
