On 10/24/05, Dan Swartzendruber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was looking over the bridging example posted earlier, but it wasn't > quite what I was wondering about. Is it possible to bridge an OPT > interface to the WAN interface even though the WAN interface is in a > totally different subnet than the hosts on the OPT interface? My situation: > > home DSL line. my LAN has NAT'ed addressed in 10.0.0.0/24 > subnet. WAN is a static IP assigned by ISP. I share DSL line with > roommate, but because we have limited upload (384kb), if he's doing > anything at all outbound, my latency goes down the toilet. He has a > routable C block the ISP sends down the DSL line, and has his own > firewall. The net port on the DSL modem is connected to a 10mb > switch, into which each of our WAN ports is plugged. So... What I'd > like to do is add an OPT interface and bridge it to the WAN > interface. Then, unplug his WAN cable from the DSL modem and plug it > into said OPT interface. I'd then use the traffic shaper to give his > outbound traffic the lowest priority there is (and no, I don't feel > guilty about this, because DSL line is mine, and he's free-riding on > it.) Will this work?
Yes, but the shaper won't shape the way you want it to right now (nor is it bound to the OPT interfaces yet, just LAN/WAN). What would be better, is to plug the router into the WAN side of dedicated shaper box that's in bridge mode and plug the LAN side into the 10mbit switch. It means another box (dunno if you can bear that or not :)), but should do exactly what you're after (of course, then mucking with the shaper to get it to do 'the right thing'). --Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
