In theory it works, but for a setup like this I would probably recommend 
using proxy-ARP. There is some minor issues with what happens when the 
bridge does see a packet for  a not yet known MAC address.

Regards
Henrik Nordstr�m

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, cgfreita wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>       Slackware 8.1
>       Kernel 2.4.19
>       Squid Last 2.4.7 STABLE
>       Iptables 1.2.7a
>       Last version of bridge+nf and bridge-utils
> 
>       I would like to know if the bridge code is "appropriate" to build a
> bridge with netfilter and a Squid web cache. I am using here, for
> testing purposes and it works but, I would like to know about other
> opinions.
>       Squid is "listening" at br0 interface. There are eth0 and eth1 slaved
> to br0. Requests to Squid are coming from eth0.
>       The ADSL device is SNATing internal LAN.
>       Netfilter rules DROP access to port 80 coming from any IP other than
> br0.
>       It is working this way:
> 
> INTERNET
>  !   
>  !200.x
> +-------+
> ! ADSL !
> +-------+
>  !10.x.x.x
>  !
>  ! eth1
> +---------+
> ! BRIDGE!
> ! NETFILTER!
> ! SQUID  !
> +--------+
>  !eth0
>  ! 
>  !
> LAN
> 
>       Thank you for your attention.
> 
> []s
> 
> Freitas
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