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> > > I'm pretty confused. I'm trying to get the system in question to |
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> > > behave like a solid-state router that you can plug an ethernet jack |
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> > > into and be on the network. How should eth1 and eth2 be configured |
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> > > in /etc/conf.d/net ? |
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> > They should be configured as part of a bridge device (see the |
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> > bridging section of /etc/conf.d/net.example) and have the address |
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> > assigned (and DHCPD listing on) that bridge device. |
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> Except that this doesn't work on WLAN (MAC layer done by the WLAN |
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> adapter). But probably "proxy_arp" can help here. And subnet |
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> separation, of course. Just extending the netmask a bit and enabling |
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> proxy_arp would do the job. OTOH, it's also easy to configure the |
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> routes to the other subnets via DHCP. Just a matter of taste. In any |
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> case, it only works on IP layer. |
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Sounds like I'm getting in over my head. I think it would be smarter |
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for me to buy a $15 switch from NewEgg instead of trying to configure |
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my Gentoo router to use its extra NICs this way. Is there any reason |
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I wouldn't want to do that? |
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I've never used a switch before. Is there any proprietary software to |
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configure (like with a router), or is it just a button or two? I like |
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to keep my non-Gentoo software to a minimum, hence the Gentoo router. |
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- Grant |
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