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Re: nslu2: two devices: one by default



Hello,

Xan pisze:

>>>>> 172.26.0.0/16 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 172.26.0.2
>>>>> 172.26.0.0/16 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 172.26.0.3
>>>>> default via 172.26.0.1 dev wlan0
>>>>> default via 172.26.0.1 dev eth0 )
>>>>>         
>>>> Suggestion: You could try to bridge eth0 and wlan0. This way you may
>>>> have the same IP address (say 172.26.0.2) on both interfaces, and this
>>>> IP should be reachable whenever one of the interfaces is up.
>>>>         
>>> It sounds good. How to do that?. Can you point me some tutorial for
>>> doing that?
>>
>> Start here:
>> http://wiki.debian.org/BridgeNetworkConnections

Please note, that ethernet bridge *may* not work in your lan, because
your wifi accespoint possibly already has such bridge built-in. It
means, that you will create a loop. I am not sure what will happen then.
Some tests will be necessary. :-)

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