Hi folks, I'm trying to set up a DEC Multia running an unpatched Linux 2.4.21-pre2 as a wireless ethernet bridge, but bridging doesn't seem to work and I can't communicate from the bridge to the outside world.
Here's basically what I'm doing: [machine is quiescent with no network interfaces loaded] ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0 up brctl addbr br0 brctl addif br0 eth0 brctl addif br0 wlan0 ifconfig br0 [addr] netmask [netmask] broadcast [bcast] route add default gw [gateway] The bridge loads just fine: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering listening state br0: port 1(eth0) entering listening state br0: port 2(wlan0) entering learning state br0: port 1(eth0) entering learning state br0: port 2(wlan0) entering forwarding state br0: topology change detected, propagating br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state br0: topology change detected, propagating Parts of the system seem to work, too. "brctl showmacs br0" (after some time) shows the ethernet addresses of some nodes on the network. But I can't ping anything from the bridge, and the bridge doesn't seem to forward packets. The cards themselves seem to work just fine and I've used this setup for general IP routing. Here are the loaded modules: Module Size Used by Not tainted bridge 28800 0 (autoclean) hostap_cs 67912 0 hostap 81888 0 [hostap_cs] hostap_crypt 2032 0 [hostap] tulip 57112 1 (autoclean) One hub and one switch sit between the Multia and the router. Anybody ever seem this? From what I can tell by googling around, this setup should work. Is the fact that I'm using an Alpha a problem? Many thanks, Dan -- Dan McGuire [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge
