Linux BRIDGE-STP-HOWTO
Uwe Böhme
Johann-Heinrich-Abt-Straße 7
95213
Münchberg
Germany
+49/9251 960877
+49/9251 960878
uwe@bnhof.de
Lennert Buytenhenk
bridge code maintainer and developer
gnu.org
Release v0.04gnu.org
buytenh@gnu.org
Copyright © 2000 by Uwe Böhme
| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision v0.04 | 11 January 2001 | Revised by: U.B. |
| Changed Lennert`s Bridge Homepage URL; added NIC to list. | ||
| Revision v0.03 | 17 July 2000 | Revised by: U.B. |
| Overwork pdf. Download links in doc. | ||
| Revision v0.02 | 16 July 2000 | Revised by: U.B. |
| Fixed broken graphics in html dsl. Prepared pdf. Typos. | ||
| Revision v0.01 | 25 June 2000 | Revised by: U.B. |
| Changes name from BRIDGE-HOWTO to BRIDGE-STP-HOWTO (avoid interference with BRIDGE-HOWTO by Christopher Cole) and kill version 1.xx. Lennert Buytenhenk announced as coauthor. | ||
| Revision v0.00 | 01 June 2000 | Revised by: U.B. |
| Initial Release. | ||
- Table of Contents
- 1. License
- 2. Document Home and Downloads
- 3. What Is A Bridge?
- 4. Rules On Bridging
- 5. Preparing The Bridge
- 5.1. Get The Files
- 5.2. Apply The Patches
- 5.3. Configure The Kernel
- 5.4. Compile The Kernel
- 5.5. Compile The Bridge Utilities
- 6. Set Up The Bridge
- 6.1. brctl Command Synopsis
- 6.2. Basic Setup
- 7. Advanced Bridge Features
- 8. A Practical Setup Example
- 8.1. Hardware-setup
- 8.2. Software-setup
- 8.3. See It Work
- 8.4. Bridge Tests
- 8.4.1. Tear The Patch Wire Test
- 8.4.2. Kill The Root Bridge Test
- A. Network Interface Cards
- B. Recommended Reading
- C. FAQ
With developer kernel 2.3.47 the new bridging code is part of the mainstream. There are patches for stable kernels 2.2.14 to 2.2.16, where each is also available as a ipchains-patch.
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