[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux - wet11 bridge

[terry]

Never mind... I found my error.  I'd improperly formatted ifcfg-eth1, a 
very stupid mistake, the first line read:
DEVICE= eth0
Changed that to read:
DEVICE= eth1
and all is well.  I was able to remove:
ifconfig eth1 up
ifconfig eth1 ###.##.#.###
from  rc.local  and I can now access wet11's config pages.

Still have to establish route
route add default gw ###.##.#.# eth1

Should I just put that line back in  rc.local ?
Or should it be done some other way?

terry wrote:

> I've just set up an ethernet - wireless bridge, Linksys's wet11, and 
> all is well with the connection to the access point, (which is now 
> providing my link to outside).  I also set up NAT / ipmasquerading so 
> that I can share the connection [as I'm only using one IP], and that 
> sees to be working okay.  However, now that I've configured NAT, I 
> find that I'm no longer able to connect to wet11's configuration pages 
> [via the browser]. I can connect the cable another computer's nic and 
> connect to it just fine.
>
> The way I configured it:  I installed a second nic in one of my 
> computers and connected it to wet11, while leaving it's original nic 
> connected to my hub.  On this computer I set up IP masquerading by 
> adding following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> ====================
> /sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> /sbin/ipchains -A forward -i eth0 -j MASQ
>
> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j MASQUERADE -o eth1 -s 192.###.#.0/24
> ====================
> I'm also  using /etc/rc.d/rc.local to configure eth1  -  so above 
> these previous commands, you'll see:
> ===================
> ifconfig eth1 up
> ifconfig eth1 ###.##.#.###
>
> route add default gw ###.##.#.# eth1
> ==================
>
> Anyone see any obvious, [or not so obvious], errors in the way I've 
> done this?
>


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