netdev - Re: How to hairpin two Ethernet interfaces together (L2 hub/repeater mode)?

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Date:	Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:42:50 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Petri Gynther <petri.gynther@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to hairpin two Ethernet interfaces together (L2 hub/repeater mode)?

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 04:10:54PM -0800, Petri Gynther wrote:
> Any trivial solutions to this? Can Linux bridge be configured in L2
> hub/repeater mode so that it simply floods every Rx frame to all other
> ports of the bridge?

You could have a look at openvswitch, it supports (R)SPAN ports.
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