Marc Chamberlin wrote:
On 11/26/2012 11:19 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
Marc Chamberlin wrote:
So, my feeling about the man page for ifcfg-bridge is that it is very abbreviated and requires a deep understanding of the openSuSE network setup model which I don't have. Worse, the man page for ifcfg-bridge refers to a non-existent website - http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php.Bridge for further information, and there is nothing that I can find in the openSuSE documentation wiki's that describe how to set up openvpn either. How about this:
http://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/html/openSUSE/opensuse-security/cha.se...
I don't think I used this when I set up my openvpn some six years ago, but that document appears to be quite comprehensive.
Thanks Pers for your reply, but no, I have to disagree, this document is not comprehensive. I have read this document and it does NOT describe how to set up a bridged interface at all. It simply assumes you have these interfaces already set up, there is not a single line describing how to configure the ifcfg files for tun, tap, or br interfaces either manually or through YaST.
You're right, I was focussing on the openvpn setup, and it looked as if it was described in reasonable detail.
And when I do, the IP address I had and want statically assigned to eth1 (in my case 192.168.10.100) gets removed and replaced with 0.0.0.0/32.
You have to assign your static address to the bridge interface instead.
OK, I can accept this and thanks for the info. But my confusion remains, how does the bridge interface (br0) KNOW about the connection between my tap0 and eth1 interfaces. Setting up the tap0 interface, via YaST, seems to be straightforward (though there is nothing to specify an association between it an an ethernet (eth) or bridged device nor did I expect there to be), but my experiments with setting up the bridge, using YaST, do not enlighten me. If I select both interfaces, tap0 and eth1, as the devices to be bridged, which YaST seems to allow in its GUI, it does NOT set the BRIDGE_PORTS variable, in the ifcfg-br0 configuration file, to both ports/devices. (ya gotta love all this naming inconsistencies!)
I'd like to help you with this, but I simply don't have any experience with openvpn and a bridged setup. I expect some of this to have been only superficially tested, so I would not be surprised if you find some yast bugs. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.0°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org