On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:24:36 +1000
Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Is it possible to set up a non-forwarding bridge? I have two interfaces
> that I'd like to combine, where one is a fast main link and the other is
> a slower backup. I'd like traffic to go out the fast link only, if it is
> available, and failover to the backup if it is not available. I never
> want to forward packets between the interfaces.

You want bonding not bridging.


> One issue may be the 802.11g card on the laptop - a broadcom card
> running with ndiswrapper (0.8). I'm not sure if this configuration
> supports promiscuous mode and whether or not that is the cause of my
> problem.

Wise to suspect that, easy to test though. Just run your favorite
packet sniffer (tcpdump, ethereal).

> However, back to the original question: Can you setup a non-forwarding
> bridge? My problem would go away if you could. Or is there another way
> to configure networking to achieve the same functional result?

Then it isn't a bridge, it is bonding.
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