From a8baf116a767c81cbc551daaefc47fb4e479139a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Wright Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 20:22:13 +0000 Subject: more info on what a bridge is (from bridge(4)). --- sbin/brconfig/brconfig.8 | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sbin/brconfig/brconfig.8 b/sbin/brconfig/brconfig.8 index 8a6625cb298..a39f18113a7 100644 --- a/sbin/brconfig/brconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/brconfig/brconfig.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: brconfig.8,v 1.11 2000/05/02 18:51:04 jason Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: brconfig.8,v 1.12 2000/06/20 20:22:12 jason Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 Jason L. Wright (jason@thought.net) .\" All rights reserved. @@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ The .Nm brconfig utility retrieves kernel state of bridge interfaces and allows user control of these bridges. +Bridge devices create a logical link between two or more Ethernet interfaces +or encapsulation interfaces (see +.Xr 4 ), +which will selectively forward frames from each interface on the bridge +to every other interface on the bridge. +This can be used to isolate traffic between sets of machines on the same +segment and to provide a transparent filter for +.Xr ip 4 +datagrams. .Pp In the first synopsis, the command will list the status of all bridges in the system. -- cgit v1.2.3