[Bridge] bridge physical to several dummy interface

[d tbsky]

hi:
>    my purpose is to get several ip address  from dhcp server via single
> ethernet card, like xen or vmware can do.
>
> Regards,
> sky_li
>
>
>
> 2006/11/20, Abel Mart=EDn < abel.martin.ruiz at gmail.com>:
> >
> > On 11/18/06, d tbsky < tbskyd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi:
> > >     thanks for your reply. you say the bridge interface should take
> > the ip
> > > address,
> > > not the nic. that's important. i think i go to the wrong direction. i
> > want
> > > nic
> > > (eth0,dummy0) to have ip address, not br0. it seems not what linux
> > bridge
> > > designed to do...
> > The problem is that a bridge device works at the link layer. A bridge
> > device doesn't know nothing about what is above link layer.
> > > by the way, i found if i set mac address manually :(eg: arp -s
> > > 192.168.10.254 x:x:x:x:x:x),
> > > then i can ping 192.168.10.254 via eth0. but i can never make dummy0
> > work in
> > > any way.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > tbsky
> > Could you explain what your actual purpose is? I might be
> > misunderstanding you.
> >
>
>
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