netdev - Re: Bridging broken/unfriendly

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Message-ID: <4E833B7B.50409@ziu.info>
Date:	Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:21:31 +0200
From:	Michal Soltys <soltys@....info>
To:	sclark46@...thlink.net
Cc:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Bridging broken/unfriendly

On 11-09-25 00:28, Stephen Clark wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there some reason Linux bridging won't let the ip address be on
> one of the interfaces, like FreeBSD does, instead of the bridge device?
>

You can do that, though you have to remember about proper routing, and 
you will need ebtables to make some of the traffic not go through the 
bridge.

Check http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/examples/basic.html#all for more 
details.
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