Re: bridge to local process.

On 06/13/07 14:58, Steffen Heil wrote:
> First, bridges don't need any IP address, as they are working on 
> level below.  Thus both networks eth0 and eth1 should be the same 
> network and subnet.

Correct.  A bridge its self does not need an IP address to bridge, i.e. 
as a Layer 2 device.

However I was not referring to the software doing the bridging (layer 
2), rather the management IP address used to access the bridge, i.e. as 
a Layer 3 device.

> The IP configuration for the bridge itself is used as the ip and 
> subnet of the local system. If you want to send from the local 
> system, it needs to know the routes and therefor you need a proper 
> netmask. (255.255.255.255 is special for PPP but unusable for LANs.)

Agreed.



Grant. . . .

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