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| author | Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-10-11 21:00:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-10-11 21:00:02 +0000 |
| commit | 757f6a12a96cfed363d06265d45eca1c8ea9a714 (patch) | |
| tree | 2675669d88bf7d060ac5b45a3ceb3db416ecded6 /share | |
| parent | 93ee72a1947f84b436d1ae296e0e315fd72c7733 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 index 0479906f4429..1dc6b2982373 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 13, 2006 +.Dd October 8, 2006 .Dt IF_BRIDGE 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ command or using the variable in .Xr rc.conf 5 . .Pp +The +.Nm +interface randomly chooses a link (MAC) address in the range reserved for +locally adminstered addresses when it is created. +The address can be changed by assigning the desired link address using +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Pp A bridge can be used to provide several services, such as a simple 802.11-to-Ethernet bridge for wireless hosts, and traffic isolation. .Pp @@ -226,6 +233,17 @@ ifconfig bridge0 \e up .Ed .Pp +The bridge can be used as a regular host interface at the same time as bridging +between its member ports. +In this example, the bridge connects em0 and em1, and will receive its IP +address through DHCP: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +cloned_interfaces="bridge0" +ifconfig_bridge0="addm em0 addm em1 DHCP" +ifconfig_em0="up" +ifconfig_em1="up" +.Ed +.Pp The bridge can tunnel Ethernet across an IP internet using the EtherIP protocol. This can be combined with |
