Kevin;
I use a 56k dialup modem. It doesn''t matter if you use a
dailup
modem or Broadband as that interface is defined to Linux and Shorewall in
the normal way. You must not add it to the bridge as all data passing through
the bridge bypasses the ip stack therefore Shorewall/netfilter will not see
it and you will not have a firewall just a bridge.
You can attach a workstation or hub to the switch.
Steven.
On Thursday 14 August 2003 19:28, Kevin Smith wrote:> Sorry, just continuing my thought...
>
> So you basically need 1 nic per work station? What if you hook only one w/s
> to a nic and two more off a hub? (since I have 3) hmmm
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Smith [mailto:ksmith@perfht.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 14:19
> > To: shorewall@springl.fsnet.co.uk
> > Subject: Bridging.
> >
> > I too am Interested..
> >
> > What is your hardware setup? are you Broadband or dialup? Will this
work
> > with a dialup connection?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 23:57:31 +0100
> > From: Steven Jan Springl <shorewall@springl.fsnet.co.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] Can I use my firewall computer as a
> > hub?
> > To: shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net
> > Message-ID: <200308132351.33946.shorewall@springl.fsnet.co.uk>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >
> > On Tuesday 12 August 2003 16:01, William Trenker wrote:
> > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:49:29 +0100, Steven Jan Springl
> >
> > <shorewall@springl.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > You can bridge eth1 and eth2
> > >
> > > This sounds encouraging and rather mysterious. Is this all done
in
> > > Shorewall or are there other Linux settings I need to make? Can
you
> >
> > point
> >
> > > me to a FAQ or HOWTO that will teach me the commands / settings I
need
> >
> > to
> >
> > > create a bridge?
> > >
> > > Thank you, and all others who have so kindly responded.
> > > Bill
> >
> > Bill;
> > These are the commands that I use to setup my bridge.
> >
> > 1 ifdown eth1
> > 2 ifdown eth2
> > 3 ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0
> > 4 ifconfig eth2 0.0.0.0
> > 5 brctl addbr eth3
> > 6 brctl addif eth3 eth1
> > 7 brctl addif eth3 eth2
> > 8 ifconfig eth3 192.168.0.254
> >
> > Lines 1 & 2 take down the interfaces (if yours are not started you
won''t
> > need
> > these lines)
> > Lines 3 & 4 set the ip addresses for the interfaces to 0.0.0.0
> > Line 5 defines the bridge and gives it the name eth3
> > lines 6 & 7 add the two interfaces to the bridge
> > line 8 gives the bridge an ip address. This address should then be set
as
> > the
> > default gateway in the 2 workstations. The ip addresses for your
> > workstations
> > should be set to addresses in the same subnet as eth3.
> >
> > In Shorewall you define eth0 as the wan and eth3 as your lan. eth1
& eth2
> > should not defined in Shorewall.
> >
> > Steven.
