bridging

[Erik Bixby]

.
Under the "Sample setup" section at
"http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bridge":

" # ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
 # ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0
 # brctl addbr mybridge
 # brctl addif mybridge eth0
 # brctl addif mybridge eth1
 # ifconfig mybridge up"

" # ifconfig mybridge 192.168.100.5 netmask 255.255.255.0"

They're forcing two NIC's to act as one, with a single IP address.
This won't be possible with two different ISP's.  What you might
consider doing is sending different protocols through the different
ISP's, but bridging probably isn't going to work for you in your
situation.
-Erik

On 5/17/06, Nathan England <nathan at paysonlinux.org> wrote:
>
> Exactley that is what I want to do. Combine the two to make it look like one
> interface so I can take advantage of all the bandwidth.
>
>
>
> On Tuesday 16 May 2006 19:07, you wrote:
> > On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 06:48:31PM -0700, Nathan England wrote:
> > > I have 2 cable modems running on seperate connections. It's a shame
> > > really that both of these are running and I only have 1 pc. It's really a
> > > shame that said pc has 2 network cards...
> > >
> > > What's the easiest way to take advantage of this situation? I used to
> > > call this shotgunning, but I guess that term hasn't been used in a
> > > while.. Windows calls it bridging? is that right?
> >
> > Are you talking about combining the two connections out into a single
> > virtual interface? That's fun!
> >
> > Bridging is something else. Usually that's meant when you pass traffic
> > between two different protocols transparently.
> >
> > I can't remember what MS calls it, but I know they have it (played with
> > it a bit at work). OpenBSD has it, too (called trunking). I'm sure Linux
> > must have it.
>
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