Re: [nsp] Bridging DSL to 7206

From: Mark E. Mallett (mem@mv.mv.com)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 17:37:40 EDT


> I have to concur on that, we saw the exact same thing after BA moved to
> the Redbacks. After rebooting the router that terminated the dsl
> connections, the MAC of the BVI changed and we no longer had connectivity
> to our subscribers. Evidence was the same, mac addresses showing up at
> the end-user's machine, but not the router.
>
> Lock the MAC of your BVI like this:

That is a good suggestion. However as I mentioned there *is* end-to-end
connectivity of most traffic, just (apparently) not layer 2 broadcasts.

> ...and add the 'no ip directed-broadcast' while you're at it.

It's the default these days, so it doesn't show up when you look at
the running config.



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