[Gllug] Bridging/routing

[john walker]

> --- On Thu, 16/6/11, Adrian McMenamin <adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
ADSL ------- Router (commodity) ------ Wireless AP
               | (Ethernet)
            --------
            |   |   |
     PC-----|   |   |
                |   |
     PC---------|   |--------PC (bridged) ----- Wireless AP
> > 
> 
> The diagram makes the system much clearer. Thanks. It would
> be better to label the router and bridge both as Wireless
> access points in the sense that these are the points where
> the wireless clients access the internet. The Wireless APs
> likewise would be better labelled as wireless clients.
> So it would then make sense to say that the wireless client
> ( the bottom one in the diagram ) is on the same physical
> net as the dhcp server.
> 
> I'm sorry, I hope I'm not commenting on stuff you have
> worked out already
> 
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 09:41:31AM +0100, Adrian McMenamin
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Actually the most difficult issue was addressing and
> routing.
> >
> > Right now the bridge and the ethernet port have the
> same IP address -
> > which seems less than satisfactory, but is this
> something I should worry
> > about?
> 
> This is difficult stuff! Does the bridge have only one IP
> address, or does it have two; one for its ethernet interface
> and another for its wireless interface?
> When you say the IP address of the ethernet port, are you
> talking about the bridged PC or the router? They both have
> an interface onto the ethernet.
> 
> Thanks very much
> John Walker
> 

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