Re: Bridging with WLAN interface

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 05:52:46PM +0200, Marcin M. Jessa wrote:
> >There is vif-ip. NAT is just a special case of IP routing, I don't think
> >it needs a different script. 
> >
> 
> Exactly, I just discovered I can do the same with the if-bridge script.
> Please let me know if there is a better way of doing this:
> 
> 
> Like I said I just used "bridge mode" and created an interface I know 
> would not get occupied by anything else - tap100 :

There's an easier way: just assign the IP address to the xvif
interface, no need to use a bridge an a tap. This is what the
vif-ip script it for (assign an IP to the vif backend, instead of adding
it to a bridge).

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