-----Original Message----- From: Paul Warren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Warren Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 8:39 PM To: Adil Mujeeb, Noida Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [uml-devel] bridge query
>[ follow up to -user only ] >On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 08:25:58PM +0530, Adil Mujeeb, Noida wrote: >> what is the use of attaching the host interface in the bridge? Without >> attaching the host interface in the bridge we can simply bring down the host >> interface with ip 0.0.0.0 & assign the host interface ip to the bridge. >> What is the significance of attaching the host interface to the bridge any >> specific reason?? > >If you do not add the host interface to the bridge, then guests >connected to the bridge will not have access to the external network. >In order for the bridge to pass packets to particular networks (e.g. the >ethernet network connected to eth0) the interface connected to that >network must be part of the bridge. I have not added the guest interface & add a new ip to bridge and update the routing tables and iam able to outside thru guest. Also if i attach the host interface & assign the ip of host interface, still i need to update the routing table. So whats the difference??? Regards, Adil ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
