Instead of answering the question asking for more detail let me pose a new question that will be more beneficial. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv If you are using a machine as an ethernet bridge how are you configuring it (include distro specific stuff) to create and enable the bridge during the boot process? ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thanks, Adam :o) From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> To: "Adam Hewgill" <ahewgill@xxxxxxxxxxx> CC: bridge@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Bridge] Bringing up bridge at boot (properly) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:33:56 -0700 On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:30:30 -0400 "Adam Hewgill" <ahewgill@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Currently my ethernet bridge has 2 intel 100mps NIC's that are > both part of a bridge. ( I followed the sample setup on the bridge.sf.net > page.) > > In addition to this I would like to access the internet from within the > ethernet bridge and when using the sample instructions I have no > gateway setup and no default route (0.0.0.0). I know this data has > to be attached to the bridge device and not to an ethX card but I > don't know how to do this. > > Also I would like the bridge to come up and the ethX cards to be > added and the bridge configured at boot. I don't like the idea > of using a rc.local script and would like to use /etc/sysconfig/network > if this is possible. Is there a setup doc that describes this somewhere? > > Thanks for the help > > Adam :o) The setup of network interfaces varies in each Linux distribution. What version are you using? and do you want to use DHCP?