On 5/14/2014 12:48 AM, Lars Erik Dangvard Jensen wrote: > 2014-05-14 0:15 GMT+02:00 Tom Eastep <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > > On 5/13/2014 2:41 PM, Lars Erik Dangvard Jensen wrote: > > Hi Tom > > > > Just a quick and dirty > https://www.dropbox.com/s/d870c1r2k7ll4dv/brouter.png > > > > eth1 has public IPs on the new firewall in the same range as the > current > > firewall connected to the bridge (nic eth2) on the new firewall. > > When you configure a bridge, the bridge itself has the ip address(es). > The bridge ports have no IP configuration. > > > Yes, my quest seems a little hard to explain :-) But is it possible to > have a "mini" switch with 2 ports in the new firewall and then the > current firewall connect to that switch (bridge) with public IP > addresses configured not knowing about the new firewall, but just the > layer2 switch/bridge which is connected to ISP uplink ? > > Both firewalls connect to the bridge which is connected to ISP uplink, > new firewall via eth1 virtually (or internal connection in the new > firewall) and current firewall with ethX via real physical ethernet cable.
Just configure the bridge to include eth1 and use a crossover cable to connect eth1 to the current firewall. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
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