NEXPEED NR304G-4W User’s Manual
NexComm Systems, Inc. 36 PAGE
Configuring Bridging
The NR304G-4W router supports transparent bridging for LAN and WAN.
Operation of Bridging
If the destination address of the packet is known in the bridge table, the packet is
forwarded on a single interface that is enabled bridging. If the packet's destination is
unknown in the bridge table, the packet is flooded on all forwarding interfaces that are
enabled bridging. The bridge places source addresses in the bridge table as it learns
them during the process of bridging.
Note:
Before configuring bridging, review the
Operation Mode of the Interface
chapter.
Note that the router provides bridging for
HDLC
style (hdlc, ethdlc, ntnhdlc)
encapsulated serial and Ethernet.
Related Commands : interface <ifname> bridge / ip routing disable / show interface
Configuring the router as a bridge
There are two ways how to configure the router as a bridge. All interfaces are configured
Bridging-Only mode
.
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If the interface is not configured routing, enable bridging to the interface.
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If the interface is configured routing, enable bridging to the interface and disable routing from
the interface. You must remove routing, if you don’t this work, the router configures
Routing
and Bridging
mode to the interface.
Enabling and Disabling Bridging
Allows the router to bridge all nonrouted traffic among the bridged interfaces. Interfaces
disabled bridging cannot forward bridged traffic. Routed traffic is confined to the routed
interfaces; bridged traffic is confined to bridged interfaces.
Enable or Disable bridging to the specified interface using the following command.