Re: Forward packets from one interface to another?

["Kārlis Repsons" <karlis.repsons@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 03 February 2009 19:49:22 you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > On Tuesday 03 February 2009 19:21:05 Gilad Benjamini wrote:
> > > Your description is not very clear, but my guess is that you want to
> >
> > run a
> >
> > > bridge on this PC. "man brctl" is a good place to start.
> >
> > It is all very simple: think of one computer with two RJ45 inputs, one
> > connected to LAN, other to laptop, which needs access to LAN too. The
> > problem
> > is: I have only one cable to LAN and no extra switch.
>
> You say yourself that your problem is the lack of a switch; i.e. you want
> your Linux machine to serve as the switch; i.e. you need a Linux bridge

Well, most likely you are right and I will spend some more (but maybe not as 
much) time tomorrow to set up that bridge. I just want to know, if its 
absolutely necessary and there is no way to do routing / forwarding?