Services on bridging host?

[Andrew Thompson]

On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 11:29:21AM -0700, Sanford Owings wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm looking for some assistance (or at least some more understanding)
> regarding a connectivity issue with a bridging host.  In short, I have
> a host with two interfaces, using the "options BRIDGE" type of
> bridging.  One interface has an IP assigned, and the other does not
> (as suggested by the FBSD handbook).  Hosts on the "IP enabled" side
> of the bridging host can connect to that IP (ssh, SMB shares, etc),
> but not to hosts on the other side of the bridge.  In addition, the
> bridging host itself cannot connect to services on the "non-IP
> enabled" side of itself.
[...]
> I'd be happy to switch to if_bridge, but I had no luck with that at
> all in my first attempt.

What you want to do is much easier with if_bridge as you can assign the
IP directly to it. What problem did you have? it should be pretty easy
to get going, the most common hurdle is forgetting to 'up' the bridge
and its members.


Andrew