Re: Netinstall via bridge
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 10:08:39AM -0500, celejar wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I plan to do a netinstall on a new laptop (Acer AS3960). There's
> internal wifi, and I have an Atheros PC card, but I have to assume
> that neither will be supported during installation. Ethernet directly
> into my gateway / router /wireless AP ('molly') is inconvenient
> because of the physical locations of the equipment. My current Debian
> (Sid) machine ('lucy') connects wirelessly to 'molly' via an Atheros
> PCI card supported by Madwifi.
>
> The following two solutions occur to me:
>
> A) Ethernet from the laptop (via crossover or a spare switch) to
> 'lucy' and bridge the wireless and wired interfaces on 'lucy'. IIUC,
> this will put the laptop on the wireless network, enabling it to
> configure itself via dhcp (from the dhcp server on 'molly') and then
> access the internet via 'molly' just like the other machines that are
> directly connected to 'molly'.
>
> B) As 'A', but instead of configuring a bridge, just set up apt-proxy
> or apt-cache on 'lucy.
I would go with B but don't bother with apt-proxy or a bridge. Just
forward through lucy. That crossover cable is its own network and lucy
can ip forward between the two networks. You may wish to run dnsmasq on
lucy so you can point the new box's resolver at it. If you need to, you
can also install ipmasq on lucy so molly thinks everything is coming
from lucy instead of the laptop. You won't need dhcp on the laptop,
just set it up manually.
Doug.
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