ethernet device

[Paul Howarth]

BZ Benny wrote:
> I have two ethernet devices eth0 and eth1. I access to
> internet with eth0 and to my private network with
> eth1.
> I want to make bridging between the two networks so I
> use brctl.
> 
> #brctl addbr br0 
> #brctl setfd br0 0
> #brctl stp br0 off 
> #brctl addif br0 eth0
> #brctl addif br0 eth1
> 
> The problem is if I do not 
> #ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0#ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
> #ifconfig br0 10.160.15.128
> #route add default gw 10.160.15.128
> 
> I can't access to internet, why does br0 need an IP
> adress. I want to not giving him an IP adress and
> giving eth0 an IP address of my internet network and
> eth1 an IP adress of my private network.

You want a router, not a bridge. You're trying to use your two-interface 
system as a firewall, right?

Many people recommend shorewall for this.

I personally use the projectfiles.com firewall for this, and am very 
happy with it. http://projectfiles.com/firewall/

Paul.