On Feb 3, 2012, at 11:56 PM, Robert Spangler <mlists at zoominternet.net> wrote: > On Friday 03 February 2012 09:10, the following was written: > >> On 02/03/2012 08:07 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Having a 4 NIC server, I want to bridge eth2 and eth3, with a bridge >>> named br0. >>> >>> Searching the web I only found about creating a file >>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0, but did not find where to >>> explicitely list what ports will be bridged. >>> >>> Where is it configured? >>> >>> Thank you. >> >> All packets appear on both interfaces, unless you use ebtables/iptables to >> restrict them. > > Really? Only hubs present packets to all interfaces. Linux work as a router > not a hub. It would be intetesting to know if the bridging in Linux is routed, switched or repeated. It would be nice if it were switched, but I suspect it's repeated (like a hub). -Ross