Hello everybody.

Im trying to setup an bridge between WLAN and LAN on my Asus 500gP.

So well I thought its just a bridge so I don't assign any IPs -
neither to the interface assembling the bridge nor the bridge itself.

And I was suprised that the bridge was assembled but not brought up:

[... snipp ...]
# bridge LAN and WLAN
auto br0
iface br0 inet manual
        bridge-ifaces eth0.0 eth2

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ip  link show
[... snipp ...]
8: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop
    link/ether 00:1b:fc:57:b3:be brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[... snipp ...]

Both interfaces of br0 are brought up.

But if I assign a IP to the br0 interfaces (not tested if I
assign a IP to one of the interfaces of the bridge)

[... snipp ...]
# With an IP address:
# bridge LAN and WLAN
auto br0
iface br0 inet static
        bridge-ifaces eth0.0 eth2
        address 172.16.211.127
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast +

The br0 interface is brought up:

[... snipp ...]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ip  link show
8: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue
    link/ether 00:1b:fc:57:b3:be brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[... snipp ...]

So a bridge is a Layer 2 connection of several interfaces why do I need
to assign a IP ?

So if there is anyone out there to give me some enlightment on this case?

Thanks for your help,

Andreas.

-- 
"Things that try to look like things often do
 look more like things than things. Well-known fact."
Granny Weatherwax - "Wyrd sisters"

Attachment: pgpiEYPyW6BCB.pgp
Description: PGP signature

_______________________________________________
freewrt-users mailing list
[email protected]
https://www.freewrt.org/lists/listinfo/freewrt-users

Reply via email to