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On 07/10/11 10:50, Daniel Hilst Selli wrote: |
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> Hi people, I'm using brctl to create bridges for some qemu guests... |
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> I create a br0 with brctl addbr br0 |
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> the I attach my wireless card to it with brctl addif br0 eth1 |
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> Then some times I get right ip with dhcpcd br0 (after doing 'ifconfig |
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> br0 promisc up') |
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> but some times I got an strange ip |
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> The questions are |
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> What the promisc means? |
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> I can't understand for really the bridge concepts .. I just know that |
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> you attach |
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> cards to it, but can't understand how it route things |
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> cheers |
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Hi Daniel, |
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What instructions were you following that told you to use promiscuous |
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mode on the wireless card? For normal operation, the card should |
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(usually) be in managed mode. |
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- Matt |