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Re: build bridge with DHCP



Král Gergely wrote at 2009-10-27 11:34 -0500:
> On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 11:05 -0500, green wrote:
> > Hey all, I need a bridge for the following scenario:
> > 
> > [systemB] eth0 <--> eth0 [systemA] wlan0 <--> wlan0 [AP]
> > 
> > I am working on systemA, which normally sends dhcp requests answered by the AP.  
> > I want to add systemB to that network.  When it sends dhcp requests over eth0, 
> > the AP should answer.
> 
> There was a time when I played with something similar, I used tcpdump
> (even on bridged interfaces) to see where the packets disappear.
> 
> As I remember I needed
> 
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> 
> on [SystemA].

That was already on.

> I also used packet filtering, so I needed the rule:
> 
> $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i br0 -o br0 -j ACCEPT

I am not filtering anything; iptables rules are empty.

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