Bridge ports for LAN use

Question

On my XG85 firewalls I have create a bridge between port 1,3 and 4. The devices I connect to ports 3,4 I cannot ping. They are on the same subnet as the LAN.

lferrara · Accepted Answer

Jack, 
 ping should work. 
 For the rest of the traffic, make sure to create a LAN to LAN Firewall rule. 
 Anyway, why you are bridging 3 interfaces? What is your goal? A network diagram could help! 
 Thanks

Jack Lucivero · Answer

LAN to LAN rule worked thank you all!!

Aditya Patel · Answer

HI Jack, 
 As per Luk's suggestion, LAN to LAN traffic should be created to allow the traffic between the two Zones. Additionally, you may also check your Ping Traffic on the XG device. Go to console and select option 4. 
 Console > tcpdump 'host x.x.x.x and icmp 
 where x.x.x.x is the host address of the system you are pinging to/from

DavidPeterson · Answer

I went through something similar. bridging 1,3,4 for LAN so single person remote offices could plug their network printer in without needing a switch. I finally figured out that a LAN-to-LAN rule was needed for any communications between the ports. This is not something I've seen in other firewalls. If they're truly bridged this would seem unnecessary. it would also suggest there'd be considerably less than gigabit switching speed between ports (not that I need that for printing) if traffic is running through the firewall function.