From: KOVACS Krisztian <hidden@balabit.hu>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Cc: "Vann H. Walke" <vann@walkeonline.com>
Subject: Re: Daisy Chaining two computers?
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:52:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200603201452.43715@nienna> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1142805379.4080.31.camel@home.walkeonline.com>
Hi,
On Sunday 19 March 2006 22.56, Vann H. Walke wrote:
> I have an environment in which network drops are limited. We have two
> boxes at each location, one running Linux, one running Windows. What I
> would like to do is set the machines up so that the Linux box acts both
> as a pass through for the Windows machine and is usable on its own.
>
> Thus, the situation would look something like:
> | Linux Windows
>
> Network---|---| |-----|
>
>
> To the windows machine it should appear that it is directly connected to
> the network (including dhcp access, etc...). I do not have the
> authority to make any changes to the windows configuration. The Linux
> machine should appear to a user as being completely normal.
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.
http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bridge#Sample_setup
--
Regards,
Krisztian Kovacs
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-20 13:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-19 21:56 Daisy Chaining two computers? Vann H. Walke
2006-03-20 13:52 ` KOVACS Krisztian [this message]
2006-03-20 17:31 ` Steffen Heil
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