Re: wireless/cat5 bridge
Mike,
Great - thanks for the info. I'll try it out tomorrow or Friday, and
report back if there are issues.
Cheers,
Todd
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:34:13 -0700
Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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