r2s bridge mode eth0 lan0

[sami]

hello guys,

 

how to activate bridge mode between the 2 ethernet ports of R2S (WAN and LAN) which are referred to as eth0 and lan0 respectively, so as both of them have the same ip address.

 

i tried this https://wiki.debian.org/BridgeNetworkConnections#Manual_bridge_setup but when i reach the command which adds interfaces to the bridge (# brctl addif br0 eth0 lan0)then the ssh connection is lost.

 

i noticed something as well, in interfaces file i added eth0 and lan0 and gave each one a different ip. but then it seems as is now i have two IPs but for the same port (WAN), and no ip for lan port!!!

 

 

[arox]

As stated in the tutorial, you should assign an address to the bridge only.

 

The bridge forward everything on data link layer and the interface of the bridge then form/extract IP packet. Otherwise you will have a hard time to manage kernel routing tables...

[Werner]

Moved to P2P help.