[WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge

2010-01-20 Thread Robert West
Before I start tearing into things and make a mess for myself, can one have a public IP behind a transparent bridge? I have a remote gateway that I want to move the router functions away from and to a more accessible spot one hop away but I would not like having to waste public IP's just to move

Re: [WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge

2010-01-20 Thread Josh Luthman
I do that all the time. Just be sure to use mode=bridge (or ap-bridge) on one side mode=station-wds on the other side wds-mode=dynamic wds-default-bridge=bridge1 (or whatever bridge includes ether1 and wlan1) If a switch (dumb layer 2) would work, then the above configuration is the same. Josh

Re: [WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge

2010-01-20 Thread Jim Patient
Yep, works just fine. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Transparently_Bridge_two_Networks Jim On 1/20/2010 3:45 PM, Robert West wrote: Before I start tearing into things and make a mess for myself, can one have a public IP behind a transparent bridge? I have a remote gateway that I want to

Re: [WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge

2010-01-20 Thread Robert West
Cool. I thought as much. Thanks! Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:52 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge I do

Re: [WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge

2010-01-20 Thread David E. Smith
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 15:45, Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.comwrote: Before I start tearing into things and make a mess for myself, can one have a public IP behind a transparent bridge? Yup. I can vouch for Josh Luthman's instructions. Heck, I have the whole turn a pair of Mikrotik

Re: [WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge

2010-01-20 Thread Robert West
General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge Yep, works just fine. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Transparently_Bridge_two_Networks Jim On 1/20/2010 3:45 PM, Robert West wrote: Before I start tearing into things and make a mess for myself, can one have a public IP behind

Re: [WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge

2010-01-20 Thread Robert West
-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of David E. Smith Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 5:45 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 15:45, Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.comwrote: Before I start

Re: [WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge

2010-01-20 Thread Eje Gustafsson
...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:48 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Public IP behind Transparent Bridge I hear ya. If not by bridging, what other option could be used to move the public IP? I NAT everything, public IP's big mega mucho