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An EthernetBridge is used to connect networks together. It works at the data link layer, taking all traffic from one side and transmitting it across the other, bridging the network segments.


If you are too cheap, or poor, to buy a switch and you have spare patch (crossover) cables and network cards it relatively straight forward to network three, or more, PCs together by using the middle PCs as bridges.

!!Details of setting up a simple bridge in debian based distributions.


!Modifications to /etc/network/interfaces


auto eth0%%%
iface eth0 inet manual

auto eth1%%%
iface eth1 inet manual

auto br0%%%
iface br0 inet static
    bridge-ports eth0 eth1%%%
    address 10.0.0.2%%%
    netmask 255.255.255.0%%%
    gateway 10.0.0.1%%%
    network 1.2.3.0%%%


Notes:

#The network option may not be needed, but if you know what you are doing, add it.
#Do not assign either of the interfaces any address etc.
%%%
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Last edited on Monday, October 2, 2006 1:48:17 am by "DeanEvans"

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