On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 00:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a routing question. > > > > I need to be able to relay information transparently from one network card to > > another. I have wireless equipment > > that connects to an ethernet card, however it can only communicate with that > > card. I need to be able to connect > > the wireless radio to one network card in a mandrake box, and a cat 5 cable to > > a nic in the same box. I need the information to pass transparently from one > > card to the other (prefer with the same ip subnet) > > > > example > > > > these 2 cards installed on the same machine > > eth0 192.168.0.10 > > eth1 192.168.0.20 > > > > all information that comes in on eth0 is relayed to eth1 and > > all information that comes in on eth1 is relayed to eth0 > > > > Any help will be appreciated. Is this possible? > > What you need to do is to create a bridge.
First check that your kernel config includes support for bridging: cat /boot/config|grep -i bridge should return (CONFIG_BRIDGE=m or y ) Next, install the bridge-utils package: urpmi bridge-utils Then create the bridge using the program brgctl from the bridge-utils package: 'brctl addbr <name>' where <name> can be anything you like. Then add the two interfaces to the bridge: 'brctl addif <name> eth0' 'brctl addif <name> eth1' The bridge interfaces should have no ip address: 'ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0' 'ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0' You can then assign an ip address to the bridge for management: 'ifconfig <name> <IP Address>' Let me know if this setup works for you. If it does, create a small script to execute on startup that creates the bridge for you every boot. Kind regards, John...
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