2010/1/17 Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Jean-Michel Hautbois schreef: >>>> 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 ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> The bridge indeed forwards the packets, not ebtables. You don't need >>> ebtables for that unless you want to filter the traffic. >>> >> >> Well, let's take my example. >> I have a bridge between eth0 and eth1. This bridge is stp disabled, >> and the ebtables filter table accepts input, forward and output. >> >> I didn't specify any filtering rule. >> When I send a packet (LACP for me), it is not going from one eth to the other. >> I have to say, explicitly, that the packet with ethertype 0x8809 are >> accepted in "forward". >> >> This is why I have some difficulties understanding the packetFlow, >> because, depending on the protocol, the behaviour doesn't seem to be >> the same... >> >> > You don't provide enough information for us (at least for me) to tell > you what's wrong. It's probably something as simple as changing the > default policy of the FORWARD chain from DROP to ACCEPT. Just rmmod the > ebtables kernel module if you don't need it... > Default policy of the FORWARD chain is on ACCEPT. I can't rmmod, because I do need ebtables for one of the interfaces. JM _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
