[plug] Still not able to route to adsl

bob bob at fots.org.au
Sun May 2 14:44:44 WST 2004


On Sunday 02 May 2004 14:39, Bernard Blackham wrote:
> On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 10:15:14AM +0800, bob wrote:
> > 192.168.0.0	255.255.255.0	192.168.1.x	br0
>
> The br0 indicates you are doing ethernet bridging. Perhaps I've
> missed something in the thread, but are you sure you want this?
> Running "brctl show" will confirm if it really is a bridge.

> Ethernet bridging is completely different from routing, NAT or
> "Bridged mode on the ADSL modem". Instead, it lets your join two
> ethernet segments on different interfaces and your machine acts like
> a network switch. For just routing between two networks (eg,
> internal LAN and one or more internet connections), it isn't at all
> necessary.

> Apologies if I'm stating the obvious or I'm way off track!


I'm don't think I've been clear, routes with br0 are from the NB1300 ADSL 
device.

Thanks for giving this problem your attention though. Its nice to see 
PLUG'ers rising to the occasion :).


> Regards,

> Bernard.

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