Thanks for the reply,
I followed the instructions in the handbook for ethernet bridging. In
Freebsd 6.1 release you could compile the bridge and tap modules into the
kernel, then enable ethernet bridging and actually bridge two interfaces
using sysctl.conf. I found that this brought a tap interface up at startup.
This did not automatically happen for me using 6.2 release, I have since
discovered however that openvpn on startup brings up a tap interface, but
of course at this point the sysctl.conf bridging entry had passed. I have
since discovered that bridge has been superceded by if_bridge and that I
should be able to bridge the two interfaces using rc.conf. I have entered
the correct command, but how do know for sure that the two interfaces are
bridged?
thanks in advance
- Original Message -
From: Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pete Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: FreeBSD-questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: Bridging with tap
Pete Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does anyone know anything about ethernet bridging to a tap interface
in Freebsd 6.2. I have compiled the bridge option and the tap device
into the kernel, but the tap device has not appeared. I have tried
this on a virtual machine and a separate box with the same results,
yet it works with Freebsd 6.1. I used the same configuration in
sysctl.conf for both 6.1 and 6.2.
Has anyone had the same problem, or any other problems with tap not
working?
tap devices don't appear until you try to use them. What are you
actually trying that fails?
My qemu-based testbed with a lot of tap devices has been working on
-STABLE steadily since early in the 6.x lifetime (I haven't used it
lately, but it definitely worked after 6.2 was released).
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