[SLL] Bridging two networks

[Francois Caen]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Andrew Sweger <andrew at sweger.net> wrote:
> 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).

That's correct.
Bridging is connecting 2 sides of the same network. Wireless APs can
act as bridges between Ethernet and WiFi.
If you have 2 networks, you need to route or cheat with NAT.

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Francois Caen