From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Steffen Heil" Subject: RE: Daisy Chaining two computers? Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:31:09 +0100 Message-ID: <006901c64c44$13d8a4d0$0b4613ac@shs1> References: <200603201452.43715@nienna> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=SHA1; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0064_01C64C4C.75120AE0" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200603201452.43715@nienna> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org To: 'KOVACS Krisztian' Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0064_01C64C4C.75120AE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi > If you don't have a shortage of (internal) IP addresses, > then use software bridging on the linux box. It's very easy > to set up and completely transparent. You don't need more IPs that would be Nat. Since both systems shall act, as if they were directly connected to the network, you want a switch / bridge. I would recommend using a hardware switch, as is gives you more ports at very low prices nowadays and you can reboot the linux system independent of your windows box. If there is a reason that you cannot use a real hardware switch, you can use a linux software bridge. It will basicly be identical to a hardware switch, but switch ports are more limited and the linux box must be running all the time. Even reboots will (shortly) interrupt the network connection of you other box. However, if you don't plan to use the linux box as hardware firewall in front of windows, then there is no benefit and I would definitely pefer a real hardware switch. And be warned, that when running as a bridge, the mac of you windows station will still be seen at the network (remeber the linux bridge acts as a real hardware switch). 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