Oops....this time to list.....
O Plameras wrote:
Hi Phil,
1. In my linux-bridge at home, my routing table is as follows:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 br0
default 192.168.1.100 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 br0
I activate the above route manually.
Ideally, there should be no routing table on the linux-bridge to do its bridging tasks. There is no need.
The reason why I have one is because I want to connect to other networks whilst working on this linux-bridge. But once I complete my work I disable the routing table for security reasons. But that means I can only login from the console.
However, if there is a requirement for anyone to connect from a remote machine then the route table has to be configured automatically on boot.
Of course, this is done thru /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0, etc.
Thanks Oscar. You pointed me on the right track. On the particular machine I was referring to, I managed to get the bridge working using the ifcfg files for br0 and tap0. Doing it any other way (apart from manually) gave me the same result as I mentioned. Interestingly enough, the exact same setup using ifcfg did not work on a RHEL3 machine, but scripts did - go figure.
Thanks Fil
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