On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:16:02 -0600 Tom Miller <tmiller at lisco.com> wrote: > I've got a bridge up on my Suse 10 box, let's call it the bridge host. > The 2 NICs are connected, and my main box (Suse 10.1) can print to the > printer on the other side of the bridge host. Everything pings > everywhere, i.e. the LAN extends across the bridge as expected. Cool! > > I used the basic configuration: > > 1. ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 > 2. ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 > 3. brctl addbr mybridge > 4. brctl addif mybridge eth0 > 5. brctl addif mybridge eth1 > > plus: > > ifconfig mybridge 192.168.100.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > On the bridge host, I can browse to an Apache-served web page on my main > box, but cannot browse to the Internet or print on the printer. Wonder > what is wrong? Any suggestions? > > Is there some way to configure the bridge itself as a network device? > > Thanks > Tom > You have no default route. You created a static IP entry, but there is no route to your gateway. If you use DHCP, then it sets up default route as well.
