On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 09:46:18AM +0100, liam sharp wrote: > I'm using setup 1b from the vlan FAQ. Eveything is > working fine, except one thing. I'd like to be able to > communciate with my switches through the bridge, not > thought eth0. One solution is almost too simple; brctl add br0 eth0 But! You will probably want to set up some ebtables rules so that not just anyone can speak to the management VLAN. Another, perhaps more elegant, suggestion is to pick a separate VLAN (1?) in your network for management use, and only make selected switch ports members of that VLAN. Then make a br1 bridge on your bridge box, with the management VLAN and eth0 as member interfaces. That way you'll be able to reach eth0 from "within" the network as long as you're connected to a switch port which belongs to the management VLAN. :) //Peter
