RE: irb

From: Senthil Kumar (senthil.kumar@intechnology.co.uk)
Date: Tue Nov 05 2002 - 06:46:43 GMT-3


irb bridges all protocols by default, so when you create a bvi remember to
enable bridge x route ip, for it to route through the bvi.
when you enable bridge group, all non-ip packets are bridged.because a
router routes by defult.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan Chessin [mailto:nchessin@cisco.com]
Sent: 05 November 2002 05:50
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: irb

Hi All,

I am having some trouble with irb. I don't really understand when a router
will bridge and route a packet. I feel like this is something that should
be obvious. For instance, when you have:

R1

int s0/2
 ip add 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0

R1#sh int irb

Serial0/2

 Routed protocols on Serial0/2:
  ip

 Bridged protocols on Serial0/2:
  appletalk clns decnet ip
  vines apollo ipx xns

and on the other end I only have an ip address 10.1.1.3/24, why can't I ping
from interface to interface? Yet when I type:

R1(config)#no bridge 1 bridge ip

I am able to ping.

Does the router try to bridge by default? When do I want/need ip addresses
on a bridged interface? Do I only use bridge 1 route ip with a BVI? I know
this is the entire concept of irb, but I am getting confused and I don't
have any decent docs.

Thanks,

Nate



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