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Conference irocz::common_brouters

Title:Digital Brouters Conference
Notice:New common-code brouter family: RouteAbout, DECswitch 900
Moderator:MARVIN::HARTLL
Created:Mon Jul 17 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:929
Total number of notes:3736

873.0. "VN/IP Question" by ALBANY::BARTLEY () Thu Apr 24 1997 15:07

    Virtual Interfaces (VI) will be able to do IP Routing (V2) and
    bridging only. I have read that the VIs behave or are configurable the
    same way that physical interfaces are. 
    
    If I don't want other protocols having access to a particlulr VI, can
    I have a VI that does IP routing only and bridging turned off?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Dave
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873.1IROCZ::GUNNERThu Apr 24 1997 21:0119
    Virtual Interfaces (VI) will be able to do IP Routing (V2) and
    bridging only. I have read that the VIs behave or are configurable the
    same way that physical interfaces are. 

Strictly, the VI is the interface where IP routing is done, bridging
is done between the bridge ports (and associated interfaces) that are
members of the VI.
    
    If I don't want other protocols having access to a particlulr VI, can
    I have a VI that does IP routing only and bridging turned off?

You can't actually turn bridging off on any of the physical and logical
interfaces on the VNswitch (at least not and have IP routing on any of
those interfaces). But you can configure a VSD and its associated IP routing
VI so that there is only one port (interface) member of that VSD. Then
no traffic on any other ports of the VNswitch will be bridged to/from
the port where you are doing IP routing.

Chris