[Bridge] problem with bridge on soho router, when lan interface down, all go down

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:00:03 -0800 (PST)
Douglas Chen <g5ranger at yahoo.com> wrote:

> >> I was wondering if anyone has experienced this before and appreciate for any solutions!!
> >> Can bridge recognize these ports separately so it doesn't take down everything as a whole?
> >> 
> >
> >Only if they are separate interfaces.
> 
> Can the bridge avoid entering the disabled state then?  At least, I want the interface to respond when there's any traffic coming in from the WAN port.
> 
> Thanks!

The bridge disables by port, each port is a network device. If the network devices
correctly implement carrier, then it can work with some down and some up.
It sounds like either they are all coming on one device, or the device driver is
buggy.

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at osdl.org>