Questions about setting bridge

[dave jones]

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Adam Vande More  wrote:
>> I want to setup a bridge in a ring topology since a break at any point
>> along the ring would
>> still leave all stations connected. My machine has two nics. In
>> /etc/rc.conf, I have:
>>
>> ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.1.0  netmask 255.255.255.0"
>> cloned_interfaces="bridge0"
>> ifconfig_em0="up"
>> ifconfig_em1="up"
>> ifconfig_bridge0="addm em0 addm em1 up"
>> ifconfig_bridge0_alias0="192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 up"
>>
>> I tried to boot my clients using tftpd, but it seems doesn't work if I
>> unpluged
>> em0. If I run "ifconfig em1 inet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0" then
>> my clients can boot via tftpd. But it's not a bridge, right?
>> I mean should I configure the same ip for em0, em1, and bridge0?
>
> 192.168.1.0/24 is not a valid address.  Your addressable hosts are
> 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254.

Oops, typo. Should be 192.168.1.1
>
> I think you want to lagg:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-aggregation.html

In Winodws, I setup a bridge with no problems. But in FreeBSD, it
seems doesn't work :(
>
> --
> Adam Vande More
>