Re: sysctls and if_bridge

From: Eygene Ryabinkin <rea-fbsd_at_codelabs.ru>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:36:35 +0400
Michael, good day.

Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:10:28AM -0400, Michael Proto wrote:
> > Ran into a strange problem the other day, hoping someone can shed some
> > light on this. Updated 8-CURRENT from 6/14 to 9/02 and noticed a strange
> > thing with my if_bridge interface. It appears as though the sysctls for
> > determining where to enable/disable filtering don't seem to be working.
> >
> > My router has an IP, 1.2.3.4/24 on its vr2 interface, which is bridged
> > to a second vr1 interface for my 3 other static IPs.
> >
> > /etc/rc.conf:
> > ifconfig_vr2="inet 1.2.3.4 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> > ifconfig_vr1="up"
> > cloned_interfaces="bridge0"
> > ifconfig_bridge0="addm vr2 addm vr1 up"
> >
> > /etc/sysctl.conf:
> > net.link.bridge.pfil_member=1
> > net.link.bridge.pfil_bridge=0
> >
> > Based on what I've read from the man pages (and how it worked before),
> > this should enable filtering on the vr2 and vr1 interfaces, and not the
> > bridge0 interface. After updating to 8-CURRENT 9/02 it appears that
> > these sysctl settings no longer matter, and filtering is enabled on both
> > the bridge and member interfaces. I ultimately had to tweak my
> > /etc/pf.conf and set all my inbound-from-the-Internet vr2 rules to
> > reference bridge0 instead. Outbound rules still use vr2, and I've
> > flipped both sysctl settings with no change in behavior. Traffic flows
> > now, but it appears these sysctls are not working as they should, or I'm
> > really missing something.

Could you please post your ifconfig output?
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Eygene
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