* Kevin McConnell (kevymac@yahoo.com) wrote: > > --- Brad Chapman <kakadu_croc@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Yes. You have to remove all addressing data from the > > config files your distro uses > > to configure eth0 and eth1. Then you need to use a > > kernel with CONFIG_BRIDGE and the > > netfilter-bridge patches applied, and you need the > > bridge-utils package installed. > > Those thre items can be found at kernel.org and > > http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~buytenh/bridge. The > > Red Hat 8.0 2.4.18-14 kernel has > > the appropriate infrastructure present. > > I have a question though. If he removes all addressing > data, how can he do NAT'ing properly? The two havn't got anything to do with each other. NATing is modifying packets as they pass through the router. Addressing is the IP address and whatnot to access the firewall/router. One does not require the other. Stephen
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