Just a small correction to that /etc/network/interfaces config...
Simon Capstick wrote:
> John Hunt wrote:
>> root@feeg:~# /etc/init.d/networking restart
>>
>>
>> root@feeg:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo
>> iface lo inet loopback
>>
>> auto eth0
>> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>>
>> root@feeg:~# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
>> 00:0A:E4:35:08:A3 inet addr:192.168.1.249 Bcast:192.168.1.255
>> Mask:255.255.255.0
>> inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e4ff:fe35:8a3/64 Scope:Link
>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> RX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:338 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:5492 (5.3
>> KB) TX bytes:40143 (39.2 KB)
>> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:F0:B6:67:38
>> inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255
>> Mask:255.255.255.0
>> inet6 addr: fe80::212:f0ff:feb6:6738/64 Scope:Link
>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:4
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1599819821
>> (1.4 GB) TX bytes:75852497 (72.3 MB)
>> Interrupt:11 Memory:d0200000-d0200fff
>> lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1
>> Mask:255.0.0.0
>> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
>> RX packets:56002 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:56002 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:8693378 (8.2
>> MB) TX bytes:8693378 (8.2 MB)
>>
>> Not too sure how my eth0 picked up an address like that, but hey!
>>
>> root@feeg:~# brctl addbr mybridge
>> root@feeg:~# brctl addif mybridge eth0
>> root@feeg:~# brctl addif mybridge eth1
>> root@feeg:~# brctl show
>> bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
>> mybridge 8000.000ae43508a3 no eth0
>> eth1
>> Seems in order..
>> However, my laptop now has no connectivity! I can't ping my router
>> (192.168.1.1) etc. I'm not sure about pinging the debian box (it's
>> totally headless) as I don't know it's IP address.
>>
>> Here's an output of route after the above commands:
>> root@feeg:~# 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
>> eth1
>> 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
>> eth0
>> link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0
>> eth0
>> default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
>> eth1
>> default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0
>> eth0
>>
>> I'm not sure what's going on, but it seems as soon as I bring up the
>> bridge connectivity just goes.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>> Thanks very much in advance!
>>
>> John.
>>
>>
>
> I think Vic's right about assigning the bridge an IP address rather than
> the interfaces. /etc/network/interfaces should be something like
> this. Do backup your /etc/network/interfaces file first so you can
> restore it if needs be.
>
> Simon
>
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auto mybridge
> iface mybridge inet dhcp
> pre-up ifconfig eth0 down
> pre-up ifconfig eth1 down
> pre-up brctl addbr mybridge
> pre-up brctl addif mybridge eth0
> pre-up brctl addif mybridge eth1
> pre-up ifconfig eth0 up
> pre-up ifconfig eth1 up
> post-down ifconfig eth0 down
> post-down ifconfig eth1 down
> post-down brctl delbr mybridge
>
Scrub this ....
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 0.0.0.0
>
> auto eth1
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 0.0.0.0
>
... and replace with just:
auto eth0
auto eth1
Simon
