Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 18:48:04 -0400 (EDT) From: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> To: Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com> Subject: Re: Bridging + DHCP +cable modems Message-ID: <200105072248.SAA00671@hip186.ch.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20010507232744.S508-100000@gateway.bogus> References: <20010507232744.S508-100000@gateway.bogus>
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[ On Monday, May 7, Nuno Teixeira wrote: ]
>
> I'm about to configure a FreeBSD gateway with a cable modem connection.
>
> I use 2 ethernet interfaces, one for the ISP-cable modem and the
> other for the local network. In this case, I have to setup a BRIDGE so I
> can pass information between the 2 ethernet interfaces.
>
> Resuming, I should use DHCP to find my dynamic IP number and BRIDGE to
> give the possibilily of my local network can communicate with the Internet
> via the ethernet interface of cable modem.
>
I don't know about specifically setting up a bridge. I've got the same sort of
setup at home, and I really didn't have to do much. The settings that make all
this happen in my /etc/rc.conf are:
gateway_enable="YES" # this makes the host a "bridge" as you describe it
ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" # 1st NIC goes to cable modem
ifconfig_fxp1="inet 192.168.1.3" # 2nd NIC bridges to the switch. use whatever
# IP you care to here in the "allowed range"
dhclient and the /etc/rc* scripts will take care of everything else for you so
long as /etc/dhclient.conf is setup correctly.
-Jr
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