Re: [uml-user] debian bridge setup

[David C. <da...@ed...>]

On Tuesday 24 February 2004 13:07, Ulf Bartelt wrote:
> Am Di, den 24.02.2004 schrieb David Cannings um 13:31:
> > On Tuesday 24 February 2004 11:08, Nicholas Lee wrote:
> > > Following from
> > > http://edeca.net/articles/bridging/create-bridge.html
> > >
> > > You can do the following with debian:
> > >
> > >
> > > auto br0
> > > iface br0 inet static
> > >         address 192.168.0.100
> > >         netmask 255.255.255.0
> > >         network 192.168.0.0
> > >         broadcast 192.168.0.255
> > >         gateway 192.168.0.1
> > >         bridge_ports eth0
> > >         bridge_fd 0
> > >         bridge_hello 0
> > >         bridge_stp off
> >
> > Thanks Nicholas, I will consider this for inclusion in a future
> > version of the howto, though I don't have time to update it right
> > now.  I would assume there are similar mechanisms for other
> > distributions, such as files like
> > /etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-dev in Red Hat.
>
> additional interfaces simply get mentioned in the bridge_ports line.
>
> creating taps prior to en-bridging them can be done with a pre-up line.

My point is that Red Hat, as well as many other distributions, do not use 
the same file format for configuring interfaces as Debian does.  For 
instance, Red Hat uses a file with stanzas such as "IPADDR=..", not 
"address ..".  Similarly, in Red Hat the gateway is set 
in /etc/sysconfig/network, whereas in Debian it is set for each interface 
(if required).  Therefore, the bridging commands as given here are Debian 
specific and it would be nice to find solutions for other distributions 
before I append to the howto.

David