On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 06:20:02PM -0500, Todd Pytel wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:04:29 -0700
> Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
> >
> > #auto br0
> > iface br0 inet static
> > address 10.0.0.122
> > netmask 255.255.255.0
> > broadcast 10.0.0.0
> > gateway 10.0.0.1
> > bridge_ports all
>
apt-get -u install bridge-utils
> OK, cool... bridges can be configured through interfaces, which saves me
> the fuss of writing an init script. But a few more details would be
> helpful - mainly, do I really need an IP address for the bridge? Also,
Probably not, but it is useful.
> I have the wireless configured in interfaces already in order to
> specify the ESSID and WEP key - it also uses DHCP to get an address.
> When I switch to bridging, do I switch that to static or will
> removing the "auto" directive be enough?
This works too:
auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
bridge_ports all
I haven't used bridging with wireless, but I have assigned an ip address to
individual interfaces and it worked. YMMV.
Mike
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