Re: creating a netbsd router

[Johnny Billquist <bqt%update.uu.se@localhost>]

On 2017-07-22 18:35, gary%duzan.org@localhost wrote:
> I wrote:
> => "Johnny Billquist" <bqt%update.uu.se@localhost> wrote:
> => => On 2017-07-22 16:38, dieter roelants wrote:
> => =>> On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 22:33:36 +0200
> => =>> Johnny Billquist <bqt%update.uu.se@localhost> wrote:
> => =>>
> => =>>> No. You should not set an ip address on any of the interfaces. You
> => =>>> create a bridge interface, connect all the physical interfaces to the
> => =>>> bridge interface, and you set an ip address on the bridge interface.
> => =>>
> => =>> That's not how it works in NetBSD. You cannot add IP addresses to the
> => =>> bridge interface itself.
> => =>
> => => Thanks for the correction. Interesting and unexpected (for me).
> =>
> =>    I believe the NetBSD way would be to create a tun interface, add that
> => to the bridge, and configure the IP address on that.
>
>    Drat. I meant "tap" interface. "ifconfig tap0 create", etc.

Ah, yes. Using tap would in my view be the proper way.

	Johnny

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