Simple Bridged Network

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The following figure shows a simple bridged network configuration.

Figure 4-1 Simple Bridged Network

image:Diagram showing how three network segments are connected by means of a bridge to form a single network.

The bridge, goldengate, is an Oracle Solaris system that has bridging configured. The systems sanfrancisco and sausalito are physically connected to the bridge. Network A uses a hub that is physically connected to the bridge on one side and to three computer systems on the other side. The bridge ports are the links net0, net1, and net2.

How Oracle Solaris Bridges Are Implemented in the Network Stack

In Oracle Solaris, you can configure bridges on the datalink layer of the same network stack implementation, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 4-2 Bridges in the Network Stack for Oracle Solaris

image:Diagram showing how a bridge fits into the networking stack.

Two interfaces, net0 and videoagg0, are configured as a bridge, bridge0. Packets that are received on one interface are forwarded to the other interface. After the bridge configuration, both interfaces can still be used to configure VLANs and IP interfaces.