Re: Bridging with WLAN interface

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

On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 07:26:02PM +0200, Marcin M. Jessa wrote:
> Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> >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).
> >
> 
> On the other hand, there is one xvif for each of the DomUs and I'd have 
> to know what xvif to assign what IP. They all can't have the same IP...
> Then each DomU would have to use it's own IP range.

right

> This doesn't sound easier. I don't understand how this can work for 
> multiple DomUs ..?

You have one ethernet segment per domU, with one Ip in the dom0 and one
in dom0. 

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