[SLL] Bridging two networks

[Andrew Sweger]

On Fri, 30 May 2008, Ralph Sims wrote:

> I've never used bridging before and have now have a need for it:
> 
> I have a Linux machine connected via eth0 to a DSL line and eth1 to a LAN
> that's accessible from the Internet with public IP addresses (1.2.3.0/20).
> No filtering in place.  I can currently log in to the DSL link and access
> the Linux box.  Now I want to be able to access the devices on the other
> network.  The Linux machine's address before bridging is 10.0.0.2 and its
> gateway is 10.0.0.1.

I'm confused (or sufficiently ignorant, take your pick). You have two
different networks connected at the Linux box and you want to join the two
networks together? That sounds more like routing (with IP forwarding
enabled). Isn't bridging typically for joining segments of a LAN that
share the same network characteristics (network/mask).

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