Hi Tom, Can you ping the bridge interface from the firewall itself?
I guess shorewall is blocking the ping, because it's probably not setup for bridging. Eric > extra info down.. > > Citeren Tom Hendrickx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Hallo Eric, >> >> >> Citeren Eric Spakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >>> Hello Tom, >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Ok thanks .. I have no idea how I could have looked over it in >>>>>> the ISO >>>>>> image, but I did :$ >>>>>> >>>>>> Making it work is another problem I fear >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I've added the bridge.lrp .. put it also in leaf.cfg >>>>>> bridge.o is also added and for my interface : e100.o >>>>>> >>>>>> and in interfaces is only this selected : auto br0 iface br0 >>>>>> inet static address 192.168.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 >>>>>> broadcast 10.0.0.255 bridge_ports eth0 eth1 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Your broadcast address is not correct, it should be 192.168.1.255 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> sorry, by copying and adapting from another mail I forgot to change >>>> the broadcast address here .. it's the correct one on my system : >>>> 192.168.1.255 >>>> >>>> >>> Did you load the bridge.lrp package (in leaf.cfg)? In other words, >>> did you see the bridge activating messages and is the brctl program >>> available? >>> >> >> I did load the bridge.lrp package(just put it in the folder and >> leaf.cfg right?) then I get these messages on startup : >> >> eth 1 entered promiscious mode br0 is entering learning state (both >> ports) ... >> waiting for br0 to get ready then it says that eth0 and eth1 is up 100mB >> full duplex .. >> >> the brctl also works .. And when giving the show command it gives the >> bridge name, bridge id, spanning tree protocol is not enabled, but no >> need for that in my topology and it also gives the two interfaces eth0 >> en eth1 .. >> >> ok, something new I found out .. From the bridge I can ping to both pc's >> connected with it .. But I can still not ping to the bridge >> > > Maybe it's practical to know that when I try to ping the bridge, the > bridge does notice it.. in showmacs br0 the mac addresses of both pc's > appear when I ping of just one of them .. So one way or another .. It > doesn't recognize its own ip address .. > > again in config interfaces file I have solely this : > > auto br0 iface br0 inet static address 192.168.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 > broadcast 192.168.1.255 bridge_ports eth0 eth1 > > in host ip addresses it stays the same, just the localhost and the > firewall, in networks I only have the localnet like by default .. > > > I hope this information proves useful .. > > > Tom > > > >> Grtz, >> >> >> Tom >> >> >> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketpl > ace > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
