Network Bridge with BRCTL

[drfothers]

Hi All,

I'm interested in using my server (SuSE 10.1 OSS), which includes an installation of Scalix 11 as a network bridge (primarily for routing a gigabit and 100mbps LAN).

I've successfully set it up using brctl (http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bridge) and all my other services (http/smb etc) are working fine. However, no joy with Scalix.

I've tried a reinstall but fail at the network dependancies quoting that the network device could not be identified.

Any workarounds or previous experiences?

Thanks

James

[chris]

Hi James,

the real part of the answer is, that the installer specifically looks for eth0. That's how it is. Knock down the bridge with brctl, install, and rebuild after installation.

The other thing I'm wondering, however, is why would you ever run a server on a bridge interface? Wouldn't it be more efficient to just route your subnets? (echo 1 > /proc/net/ipv4/ip_forward)

Cheers,

Chris