Re: Linux hub

[William Cooper <wkcooper@gmail.com>]

On 5 September 2010 00:48, <peasthope@shaw.ca> wrote:

Does anyone know of documentation for a Linux hub or a Linux
switch?  The simplest example I can think of is a system with
a gateway interface transmitting packets for multiple addresses
and subordinate interfaces transmitting packets for one or all
addresses except for the address of the machine itself.

Thanks,               ... Peter E.

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Hello all,

I did this once years ago, used a Debian machine with 5 nics as a switch between multiple network segments to reduce broadcast storms and generally improve  network performance. I do not have the exact instructions now, I think it was on tldp.org that I found it. Google for "linux bridge". This site http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bridge looks like what I did way back when.

HTH

William