[Bridge] PPP and Ethernet Half-bridge

2009-05-07 Thread Andrew Watts
Hi, I have a cellular modem that configures a ppp interface for IP communication. I would like to bridge the ppp and Ethernet interface together. brctl does not allow for bridging between ppp and ethernet interface. I expect this mainly due to the fact that I am trying to bridge 2 different lay

Re: [Bridge] PPP and Ethernet Half-bridge

2009-05-07 Thread Wade Maxfield
check out Openvpn. It uses bridging and the tap interface to bridge into user space, which can then go through ppp. You may have to compile some stuff for your box. wade On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Andrew Watts wrote: > Hi, > > I have a cellular modem that configures a ppp interface fo

Re: [Bridge] [PATCH net-next] net: bridge: use device address list instead of dev_addr (repost)

2009-05-07 Thread David Miller
From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 12:26:45 -0700 > Won't this all break spanning tree which expects 1:1 relationship > between address and port. Indeed, this could be a fundamental issue with this change. ___ Bridge mailing list Bridge@list