From 9665ebce694f61563d84026feb89af620e743d0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: thompsa Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 09:32:25 +0000 Subject: Document the monitor mode and explain how it can be used. --- share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'share') diff --git a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 index 45b362e..02905d0 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 @@ -149,6 +149,14 @@ 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 is restored when the interface is removed again. +.Pp +The bridge supports monitor mode where the packets are discarded after +.Xr bpf 4 +processing, the bridge will not process or forward the packets further. +This can be used to multiplex the input of two or more interfaces into a single +bpf stream. +This is useful for reconstructing the traffic for network taps +that transmit the RX/TX signals out through two separate interfaces. .Sh EXAMPLES The following when placed in the file .Pa /etc/rc.conf -- cgit v1.1