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author | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-04-28 22:37:16 +0000 |
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committer | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-04-28 22:37:16 +0000 |
commit | 5c892289cbe84fe4354d2051684218ebf075f399 (patch) | |
tree | 134eff020fb1e3b0fdb10e20d4f1e538bb795f62 /share | |
parent | 3b9d7e4828464eb8072d671a36f1153c902ea3a1 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-5c892289cbe84fe4354d2051684218ebf075f399.zip FreeBSD-src-5c892289cbe84fe4354d2051684218ebf075f399.tar.gz |
Minor improvements after last revision.
Reviewed by: thompsa
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 index da49df6..39f6892 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 @@ -80,25 +80,28 @@ The driver implements the IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree protocol (STP). Spanning Tree is used to detect and remove loops in a network topology. .Pp -All the bridged member interfaces need to up in order to pass network traffic, -these can be enabled using +All the bridged member interfaces need to be up in order to pass network traffic. +These can be enabled using .Xr ifconfig 8 or .Va ifconfig_ Ns Ao Ar interface Ac Ns Va ="up" in .Xr rc.conf 5 . .Pp -The MTU of the first member interface to be added is used as the bridge MTU, -all additional members are required to have exactly the same value. +The MTU of the first member interface to be added is used as the bridge MTU. +All additional members are required to have exactly the same value. .Pp -The TXCSUM capability is disabled for any interface added to the bridge, this +The TXCSUM capability is disabled for any interface added to the bridge, and it is restored when the interface is removed again. .Pp -The bridge supports monitor mode where the packets are discarded after +The bridge supports +.Dq monitor mode , +where the packets are discarded after .Xr bpf 4 -processing, the bridge will not process or forward the packets further. +processing, and are not processed or forwarded further. This can be used to multiplex the input of two or more interfaces into a single -bpf stream. +.Xr bpf 4 +stream. This is useful for reconstructing the traffic for network taps that transmit the RX/TX signals out through two separate interfaces. .Sh PACKET FILTERING @@ -109,7 +112,8 @@ framework. When filtering is enabled, bridged packets will pass through the filter inbound on the originating interface, on the bridge interface and outbound on the appropriate interfaces. -Either stage can be disabled, the filtering behaviour can be controlled using +Either stage can be disabled. +The filtering behaviour can be controlled using .Xr sysctl 8 : .Bl -tag -width ".Va net.link.bridge.pfil_onlyip" .It Va net.link.bridge.pfil_onlyip |