LARTC - Jul 2001 - pseudo-bridge

Hello,

I''m working on the french tanslation of the howto and i''m
asking some
questions about the chapter pseudo-bridge / Implementing it
Here the list of that we need to do :

1.Assign an IP address to both interfaces, the ''left'' and the
''right''
one

Is it the address on the differents interfaces ? Or is it two different
address of the same network ?

2.Create routes so your machine knows which hosts reside on the left,
and which on the right

What kind of routes ? I don''t understand this.

Well, can somebody give an real example ? That would be perfect !

Laurent Foucher

On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 07:49:49PM +0200, Laurent Foucher
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I''m working on the french tanslation of the howto and i''m
asking some
> questions about the chapter pseudo-bridge / Implementing it
> Here the list of that we need to do :
> 
> 1.Assign an IP address to both interfaces, the ''left'' and
the ''right''
> one
> 
> Is it the address on the differents interfaces ? Or is it two different
> address of the same network ?
Two different addresses. Having a single address *might* work.
> 
> 2.Create routes so your machine knows which hosts reside on the left,
> and which on the right
> 
> What kind of routes ? I don''t understand this.
> 
> Well, can somebody give an real example ? That would be perfect !
Well, the pseudo bridge has hosts on one side and hosts on another. It needs
to know which hosts are on which side. A real bridge figures out such things
automatically, a pseudo bridge needs to be told.

Regards,

bert

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