On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 02:42:13PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: > I have a box that amongst other tasks serves as a printer server and a > wlan bridge. The wired and wireless interfaces are members of the > bridge, and are unconfigured (except for ssid etc. on the wireless > interface). The bridge itself has an IP address, is subject to packet > filtering etc. > > There is a hitch, though: the bridge does not have the IFF_BROADCAST > flag set, so CUPS browsing (which is based on sending printer status > announcements to the broadcast address) doesn't work.
I think this was just an oversight. > Is there any reason why a bridge can't have the IFF_BROADCAST set - if > not unconditionally, then at least when all its members have it? Since we are an ethernet bridge i'd say set it unconditionally, I will do it soon unless anyone says otherwise. Andrew _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
