Wlan and Ethernet cards in the same machine

[josk]

My question is how to bridge two network cards in Mandriva?

 

Like this way:

 

 

MANDRIVA ---- WLAN CARD--->| . . . . . | WLAN ACCESS POINT--->260Gb Network drive

L I N U X ---- ETHERNET CARD---->ADSL---->INTERNET

 

So my computer would use ethernet card for internet connection and wlan card for to get access to the wlan access point which is connected to the 260Gb network drive that contains all my photos, music etc...

 

I only found solution to the winblows but not to the Mandriva linux :(

windows solution: http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/windo...ridge-setup.asp

Edited August 31, 2005 by josk

[theYinYeti]

I don't know the details, but basically, your two network interfaces are on different networks.

Let's assume your PC with the big disk is 10.0.0.10, and the AP is 192.168.1.1, then you should

- add a net route to 10.X.X.X using wlan0,

- add a net route to 192.168.1.X using eth0,

- add a default route (internet) to gateway 192.168.1.1.

 

I know it is not very detailed. I hope it helps nonetheless...

 

Yves.

[josk]

I don't know the details, but basically, your two network interfaces are on different networks.

Let's assume your PC with the big disk is 10.0.0.10, and the AP is 192.168.1.1, then you should

- add a net route to 10.X.X.X using wlan0,

- add a net route to 192.168.1.X using eth0,

- add a default route (internet) to gateway 192.168.1.1.

ADSL connection is DHCP based so my IP changes always when I reboot my machine. What configuration files I have to edit? And how? Hope someone can help me with this problem.