Network Discovery across lan ports

[lmnsour]

Thinking out loud here...

In bridged mode, I can't assign an IP address to the individual LAN ports, correct?  So for flow control, I would have to set policies off the IP address of the client which would require static IP addresses.

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Correct. You csn use MAC addresses to identify the clients.

[lmnsour]

Correct. You csn use MAC addresses to identify the clients.

Are you just mocking me now?

[Patrick M. Hausen]

No. If you build a LAN bridge you have only a single LAN interface. You turn all ports that are memberd of the bridge into a switch. Switch is just a fancy word for bridge.

So you can either use static assignments  in your DHCP config and the IP addresses to identify clients or the clients' MAC addresses where possible. Firewall rules for example permit this.

[lmnsour]

No. If you build a LAN bridge you have only a single LAN interface. You turn all ports that are memberd of the bridge into a switch. Switch is just a fancy word for bridge.

So you can either use static assignments  in your DHCP config and the IP addresses to identify clients or the clients' MAC addresses where possible. Firewall rules for example permit this.

Shaper rules don't have the ability to use MAC as destination or source.  I don't see how I can create a policy for just one PC.

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Can they use IP addresses at least? Then you can set static DHCP leases.

[lmnsour]

I was thinking that. I'll try it tonight, thanks.

[lmnsour]

I was thinking that. I'll try it tonight, thanks.

So I created two pipes, both at full bandwidth (300Mbps) and two queues; one with a weight of 100 and the other with the weight of 50. 

For rules, I made a rule for my PC IP address (for the 100 weight queue) and the second rule I used the inverted function "Not the PC IP".

Seems to be working.