Re: wireless/cat5 bridge

[Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 06:20:02PM -0500, Todd Pytel wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:04:29 -0700
> Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com> wrote:
>  
> > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
> > 
> > #auto br0
> > iface br0 inet static
> >     address 10.0.0.122
> >     netmask 255.255.255.0
> >     broadcast 10.0.0.0
> >     gateway 10.0.0.1
> >     bridge_ports all
> 

apt-get -u install bridge-utils

> OK, cool... bridges can be configured through interfaces, which saves me
> the fuss of writing an init script.  But a few more details would be
> helpful - mainly, do I really need an IP address for the bridge?  Also,

Probably not, but it is useful.

> I have the wireless configured in interfaces already in order to
> specify the ESSID and WEP key - it also uses DHCP to get an address. 
> When I switch to bridging, do I switch that to static or will
> removing the "auto" directive be enough?

This works too:

auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
    bridge_ports all

I haven't used bridging with wireless, but I have assigned an ip address to
individual interfaces and it worked.  YMMV.

Mike