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Bridge Function

Hi boarders.

Does I see the bridge function in ASL6 right in the following scenery:

ASL with two NIC. One external with public IP and a second NIC with an internal private IP. To the internal NIC I have connected a Webserver.
When I bridge those to NIC's now they are 'melted together' with its public IP... So the Webserver will need an public IP in the same Subnet too, now, don't?

When I bridge those interfaces I cannot ping the internal Webserver anymore because it's not in the same range anymore...

If this is correct I am really glad, then I can give the Webserver my second public IP in the same range and they supposed to see eachother again.

Please let me know if I am correct.

Greetings
Peter

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0 rastamate over 19 years ago

Anybody can give a statement if I am correct with my opinion or not?
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0 BarryG over 19 years ago in reply to rastamate

My understanding is you shouldn't have an IP on the internal NIC, if you're bridging it.
Also, the IP on the ext nix is optional, IIRC.

Barry
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0 ReD-MaN over 19 years ago in reply to rastamate

When you enable bridging (transparent mode), it takes the interface with the default route on it, and assigns the bridge interface (virtual interface) that IP address. So if your public interface has the default route, then I would try assigning your webserver the second public ip, as that sounds right.
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0 BrucekConvergent over 19 years ago in reply to ReD-MaN

The IP that gets assigned to the Bridge (not the physical interfaces themselves) is really only for management purposes... it doesn't really matter what the address is (external or internal) it's up to you.
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0 rastamate over 19 years ago in reply to BrucekConvergent

Hi together.

It was just I have guessed in my initial post. I was able to give the webserver the second public IP Address after I've bridged the external with the internal NIC.

Thanks for your help anyway!
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