> > I'm pretty confused. I'm trying to get the system in question to
> > behave like a solid-state router that you can plug an ethernet jack
> > into and be on the network. How should eth1 and eth2 be configured
> > in /etc/conf.d/net ?
>
> They should be configured as part of a bridge device (see the
> bridging section of /etc/conf.d/net.example) and have the address
> assigned (and DHCPD listing on) that bridge device.
Except that this doesn't work on WLAN (MAC layer done by the WLAN
adapter). But probably "proxy_arp" can help here. And subnet
separation, of course. Just extending the netmask a bit and enabling
proxy_arp would do the job. OTOH, it's also easy to configure the
routes to the other subnets via DHCP. Just a matter of taste. In any
case, it only works on IP layer.
Sounds like I'm getting in over my head. I think it would be smarter
for me to buy a $15 switch from NewEgg instead of trying to configure
my Gentoo router to use its extra NICs this way. Is there any reason
I wouldn't want to do that?
I've never used a switch before. Is there any proprietary software to
configure (like with a router), or is it just a button or two? I like
to keep my non-Gentoo software to a minimum, hence the Gentoo router.
- Grant
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