Hi, all Just thought I'll share my finds with people.
To get bridging to work on the interface, edit users.conf with BRIDGE1="eth1 eth2" My error was editing rc.conf rather than users.conf and using capitals for eth. Cheers, Clara -----Original Message----- From: Clara Chan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:44 AM To: AstLinux Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] How to configure eth2 I have since learnt to use brctl to create my bridge via cli. I was wondering how to write these changes permanently using union fs?? Any suggestions?? Cheers, Clara -----Original Message----- From: Clara Chan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 3:34 PM To: AstLinux Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] How to configure eth2 Thanks, Philip for your reply Unfortunately, nothing. It shows me a line with Bridge name Bridge id STP enable interfaces But there's nothing underneath that. -Clara -----Original Message----- From: Philip A. Prindeville [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 3:22 PM To: AstLinux Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] How to configure eth2 Clara Chan wrote: > > Hi, all, > > This is to reopen the eth2 configuration discussion. > > I have a Via PBX configured and would like to insert a PCI RTL 8169 > network card to act as a secondary LAN interface. > > I can type "ifconfig eth2 up" to get the interface activated, however, > upon checking dmesg, I noticed that both the eth0 and eth1 had a line > "eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7849 advertising 05e1 Link > 0000" whereas eth2 did not. > > >> > > If you are using the web interface, in the Advanced User Variables add > as Philip suggests, > > BRIDGE1="eth1 eth2" > > then reboot, followed in the Network tab, Internal Interfaces, select > "br1" from the menu. > > then reboot one more time to apply the last Network change. > > Of course, this acts like a "hub" rather than a "switch'. > > >> > > I have also tried Lonnie's ideas, but br1 is not an option after > reboot, any suggestions?? > > Kind regards, > > Clara > After rebooting, from a command-line shell, what does "brctl show" tell you? -Philip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
