On Saturday 2006-January-14 15:53, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > I have a debian based Linux box connected to dept LAN > with iptables running. I am interested in eth0 and tun0 > bridge (br0) on this box. Doublecheck that. I don't think a tun interface can participate in a bridge, because tun is TCP/IP, layer 3, whereas bridging occurs at layer 2, Ethernet. The same driver (tun) can provide tap (virtual Ethernet) devices as well. > If I remove the firewall first and > then set up the bridge, it works as promised. If the firewall > is brought up the bridge stops. So, I am looking for a > way for bridge and firewall to work together. Then you most likely are using rules which prevent the bridge from working! This is not a "smart question" (see the well-known catb.org link) because you have given us nothing to work with. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- mail to this address is discarded unless "/dev/rob0" or "not-spam" is in Subject: header
