> What is the reason why some packets passing on re0 will not be seen on > bridge0 > given I set up the following configuration : > > bridgename.bridge0 > add re0 > up > > I expected to see all the packets passing on re0 on bridge0 too which is > obviously not the case.
That would be wrong. The bridge is a bridge, not a virtual software switch. It decides not to forward packets which don't need to hit the other segments. This is described very well in the manual page. > > # brconfig > bridge0: flags=141<UP,RUNNING,PROMISC> > priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15 maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp > re0 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER> > port 2 ifpriority 0 ifcost 0 > Addresses (max cache: 100, timeout: 240): > 00:1f:d0:d0:db:59 re0 1 flags=0<> > 00:22:b0:de:32:60 re0 1 flags=0<> > > # ifconfig > re0: flags=8b43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu > 1500 > lladdr 00:09:55:a9:72:81 > priority: 0 > groups: egress > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex,rxpause,txpause) > status: active > inet6 fe80::208:55ff:aea8:7281%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet 10.0.1.44 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255 > enc0: flags=0<> mtu 1536 > priority: 0 > bridge0: flags=141<UP,RUNNING,PROMISC> mtu 1500 > priority: 0 > groups: bridge > pflog0: flags=141<UP,RUNNING,PROMISC> mtu 33200 > priority: 0 > groups: pflog > > Regards.
