How to bridge network connections

myfokkinnick@yahoo.i · 06-01-2006, 09:57 AM

Hi

I have a LAN connection and a wireless connection. I use the wifi to get internet from my neighbour through his proxy server.

It's easy in Windows. How do I bridge those two connections so I can get internet on my onther machine?

Regards

Harpune · 06-01-2006, 03:14 PM

It is a little more comlicated to set up a bridge in linux than it is in Windows (read: you have to get into the terminal a little).

Basically, it boils down to this:

1. Install the bridge-utils package from your distribution. For instance, if you are using Ubuntu or Debian type 'sudo apt-get install bridge-utils' in the terminal or use Synaptic to install it.

2. The command 'brctl' is used to set up and configure the bridge.

There is a pretty good explanation of how to set it all up here:

http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bridge

Good luck.

myfokkinnick@yahoo.i · 06-02-2006, 02:05 AM

Thx, I'll give that a try.