Re: Transparent bridge and proxy - with only lo?

["Gáspár Lajos" <swifty@freemail.hu>]

Hi!

bldrnorth@gmail.com írta:
> Hi:
>
> While there is no shortage of documentation on setting up a
> transparent bridge with Squid proxy, I have only seen examples that
> assign an IP address to the bridge interface.  In my circumstances,
> the bridge is between the ISP's bridge and our own router, such as:
> (ISP Bridge) <--->(Our Bridge)<--->(Our router).  Typical I'm sure,
> but Our router is assigned only 1 IP address so I really don't have an
> IP address to assign the bridge interface.  Here's how I'm setup:
>
>   
What about a private IP on the brigde?

> # Normally, would assign an IP address to br0 and a default route
>   
(nod)
> I was thinking I should be able to re-direct to the localhost
> interface 127.0.0.1, or perhaps assign an address like 127.0.0.2 to
> br0, but then could not figure out the appropriate iptables and route
> command.  I'm sure I could assign br0 a private ip address, but then
> wouldn't be sure how to tell it to route.  Here's all I have so far...
>
>   
127.0.0.1/8 is not this kind of playground :D

Swifty