From: sanjay (ccienxtyear@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 21:29:02 GMT-3
Well, I was working on a practice lab that required to setup DLSW using the
loopback interface on 2 routers. The other requirement was to setup
transparent bridging between the loopback and the ethernet interface on one
of the router
-sanjay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Hennigan" <jay@west.net>
To: "sanjay" <ccienxtyear@hotmail.com>
Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: Transparent Bridging ?
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, sanjay wrote:
>
> > How to configure Transparent bridging between a ethernet interface and
> > loopback interface on the same router. I know the commands are something
like
> > this:
> >
> > bridge 1 protocol ieee (at the global config level)
> >
> > and then assign the bridge group to the interface. I can put the
"bridge-group
> > 1" command under ethernet, but loopback interface doesn't accept the
> > bridge-group 1 command. The message is "loopback doesn't support
bridging"
> > Any ideas ?
>
> I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish by bridging to a loopback.
>
> It sounds like you might want to look into creating a BVI (Bridge Virtual
> Interface) which is a logical interface similar to a loopback for
> bridging applications.
>
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