Subject: Re: Should I use bridge for this or just rely on the routing table?
To: Michael D. Spence <spence@panix.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 12/12/2002 23:04:17
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 08:01:34PM -0500, Michael D. Spence wrote:
> History:
>
> I've got a ThinWire network connected to my NetBSD system since ThinWire
> interfaces are increasingly hard to find and don't support Fast Ethernet.
> Since I just bought a new box which only has a 10BaseT connecter for 10/100
> Ethernet, I decided to start upgrading so I bought an 8-port switch and a
> 10/100 LinkSys PCI NIC to go into NetBSD. But some of the devices on the
> ThinNet have to stay there so they'll have to stay on the old 10Base2 card.
>
> Here's what I have now:
>
> Cable Modem
> |
> (ex0)
> NetBSD system
> | +-(ep0)----------ThinWire, local systems in
> | assigned subnet 164.179.157.64/26
> |
> +-(wi0)----------Wireless (192.168.1.1/24)
>
> Here's what I will have:
>
> Cable Modem
> |
> (ex0)
> NetBSD system
> | | +-(ep0)----------ThinWire, systems that have to
> | | stay on ThinWire, in
> | | assigned subnet 164.179.157.64/26
> | |
> | +-(wi0)----------Wireless (192.168.1.1/16 subnet)
> |
> +--(new Linksys card)--- Switch -- (192.168.2.1/16 subnet)
>
> So the question is, should I use the new bridge driver and
> bridge ep0-wi0-and the LinkSys (whatever it is)?
>
> Or should I just fiddle the routing a little more like I did
> for wi0 and ep0.
Well, this is probably a matter of personnal preferences.
bridge would probably make is easier, and allow boxes to be moved from
old thinwire to new 100baseT network easily.
--
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 23 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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