[olug] bridging networks

[Aaron Keck]

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Luke-Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:

> On Monday 03 May 2010 06:58:30 am Aaron Keck wrote:
> > I'd recommend just using the bridge-utils package.  It will combine your
> > eth0 and wlan0 into a single interface, br0.  No need to setup a DHCP
> > server, since the xbox can send DHCP requests over the bridge and get an
> > address from the main network router/DHCP server.
>
> This will only work if the upstream router is configured to allow WDS, and
> your card supports WDS. Otherwise, you can only transmit from your unique
> MAC
> address. If you can't use WDS to create an actual bridge, you need to setup
> what is called "proxy ARP" and either statically assign your
> behind-the-proxy
> IP addresses or install a DHCP relay.
>
>
I stand corrected, Thanks for the info