On Friday 01 February 2008, Andreas Maus wrote: > 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 ?
There's no need to assign any ip adresses to get the interfaces up.
Do you use the latest stable or trunk?
Bye
Christian
>
> So if there is anyone out there to give me some enlightment on this case?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Andreas.
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