From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:36:39 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [Bridge] ppp0 to eth0 Message-ID: <20050809143639.423bf696@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> In-Reply-To: <933ef85e05080911512c36b226@mail.gmail.com> References: <933ef85e05080911512c36b226@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Eduardo Osorio Cc: bridge@lists.osdl.org On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:51:40 -0500 Eduardo Osorio wrote: > Hi, > > i wonder if there's some howto information to > bridge ppp0 to eth0 > > my distribution is a Hoary Ubuntu 5.04 > > i install : apt-get install bridge-utlis > > what i need it's connect to internet thru a modem 56k (ppp0) > and then give internet access to my laptop thru a crosspair cable > attached to a eth0 in my linux box . > > i was following the article > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8261 > > does anyone knows where i can find that information > > the FAQ of bridge http://bridge.sourceforge.net/ > mencion that ppp it's posible. > > thanks in advance for clarification, commets etc > You will have better luck using routing and NAT to do this. Otherwise, your ISP will have to allow multiple IP's over a single PPP connection.