[LARTC] 2 NICs Bridge + Router

Grant Taylor gtaylor at riverviewtech.net
Thu May 31 16:36:18 CEST 2007


On 05/31/07 07:22, William Bohannan wrote:
> Thanks Grant, I am very new to combining NATing and Brigdge.  Please 
> can you possibly give an example on how to add the virtual interface.

I'll try.  I don't recognize the format of the file below, but I'll take 
a stab at it.

> Current /etc/networking/interfaces looks like this:
> ---------------------------------------
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> auto br0
> iface br0 inet static
> address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> netmask 255.255.255.128
> network xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

auto br0:1
iface br0:1 inet static
address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
netmask 255.255.255.128
network xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

> pre-up /sbin/ip link set eth0 up
> pre-up /sbin/ip link set eth1 up
> pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
> pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
> pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1
> -----------------------------------------

Again this is just a guess and where I would start.  You may have better 
luck seeking support through your distribution.



Grant. . . .


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