How does LANforge-ICE fit into my network diagram? Does it route?
LANforge-ICE now supports two modes: bridged and routed. In bridge mode, LANforge-ICE acts as a transparent ‘lump’ in the ethernet wire. You can think of it as an ethernet hub when setting up your network. It specifically does NOT route packets, but merely transmits all packets coming in on one port to the other port. When using using a WanLink (LANforge-ICE connection) the LANforge system will force the IP addresses on the WanLink ports to be 0.0.0.0. You can still communicate to the device over the management port. In routed mode, LANforge-ICE still acts like a bridge internally, but through the use of the redirect-device feature in the Candela Linux kernel, the end result is a network emulator that can act like a router. See the routed mode section of the LANforge-ICE Cookbook or the LANforge-GUI User Guide for more details. Routed LANforge-ICE is not currently supported on Microsoft Windows. LANforge-ICE can work on ethernet or 802.
LANforge ICE now supports two modes: bridged and routed. In bridge mode, LANforge ICE acts as a transparent ‘lump’ in the ethernet wire. You can think of it as an ethernet hub when setting up your network. It specifically does NOT route packets, but merely transmits all packets coming in on one port to the other port. When using using a WanLink (LANforge ICE connection) the LANforge system will force the IP addresses on the WanLink ports to be 0.0.0.0. You can still communicate to the device over the management port. In routed mode, LANforge ICE still acts like a bridge internally, but through the use of the redirect-device feature in the Candela Linux kernel, the end result is a network emulator that can act like a router. See the LANforge-GUI user guide for more details. Routed LANforge ICE is not currently supported on Microsoft Windows. LANforge ICE can work on ethernet or 802.1Q VLAN interfaces, and has the ability to bridge VLANs with different VLAN ids.
