Questions tagged [bridge]
Bridge is the term used in computing to describe a device that connects two or more networks that use different protocols or equal to two segments of the same network using the same protocol, for example, ethernet or token ring.
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Bridge config in netplan does not come up at boot
I had an ubuntu 18.04 working and decided to move it to a VM in Proxmmox.
Configuration includes a bridge, it was working fine in the previous system but it does not come up at boot in the Proxmox VM....
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Ubuntu 18.04 netplan with bridge
I am running Ubuntu 18.04 and my netplan configuration has suddenly stopped working. When I run
sudo netplan apply
the following messages appear and I lose connection
Traceback (most recent call ...
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How to enable the rebroadcasting of bonjour packets coming from a device connected to a Mac's ethernet while sharing wifi onto the wifi segment?
The following is my current setup:
Apple MacBook Pro (MBP) with macOS 10.14.4 with internet sharing from wifi to ethernet enabled as well as synergy pro running in server mode as a network-enabled ...
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Connecting another router to extend LAN – is bridge mode what I am looking for?
I want to connect my two routers as in the picture in order to extend my WLAN coverage.
I got it to work by just disabling DHCP server on Router 2 and connecting the two routers by LAN ports, but I'd ...
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ZTE H168N in Bridge Mode: Passing ISP IP to secondary AVM Fritz Box
I have a ZTE H168N device set up as a PTM bridge, providing VDSL2 to my Fritz Box (3390). It works fine, however, my Fritz Box' "ISP IP" is e.g. 100.101.159.155, which I know is not routed and which ...
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tap-bridge-tap : No LACP
I have two switches connected via TAP interfaces.
Each Virtual Switch port is connected to an individual TAP port and the TAP ports are joined via a Bridge.
SW1-port1 = TAP 11 <== BR121 ==> TAP ...
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Multiple independent network bridges in Windows 10?
I have a situation where I have several network interfaces and need to create 2 separate bridges that are independent of one another with just 2 interfaces per each one vs one big bridge.
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Is it possible to use PPP to create a network bridge?
Is it possible to use PPP (pppd) to create a network bridge between two subnets? That is, connect two segments of the same network, tunneling Ethernet frames, rather than IP packets?
As I understand,...
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LXC configuration: issue creating a bridge for sharing the network to the containers
I am trying to install the LXC and LXC container on a new HP server with Centos 6.8, using the article "Introduction to Containers on Linux using LXC".
Steps which I executed.
yum update
yum ...
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bridge interface under wlan and eth
I have the following topology:
I have a laptop with a WiFi NIC and a docking station with an Ethernet NIC. Both network connections are connected to the same LAN. What I want to do is to use the ...
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Docker questions, how to create docker containers with own network bridge NIC
I am newbie in Docker world. I have been using VirtualBox a lot before and understand everything from its perspective, but now I want to switch to Docker containers instead.
I would be grateful if ...
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How do I troubleshoot a non-working docker network bridge (docker0)?
For me,
docker run -it --rm --net=host debian ping -c3 heise.de
results in successful ping output, while
docker run -it --rm debian ping -c3 heise.de
simply hangs (no network). I use Docker 1.11 ...
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Bridged qemu machine cannot receive packets, these are dropped
I've created virtual machine (ppc) with bridged interface (using bridge helper) on archlinux. Machine can send packet out, but cannot receive anything. I can see packets (dhcp discover,request and/or ...
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Is it possible to use a Netgear EX6200 W-Fi extender for Ethernet connections?
I have a main router and then in the other section of the house a router used as an extender (Let’s name this network “[Wifinetwork]”). I want to receive the Wi-Fi signal from the extender with my ...
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Bridged Network in VirtualBox cannot ping host OS to guest OS while everything else works well
VirtualBox 5.0.4 on Windows 10 Enterprise (host) in LAN. Launching VM from live image of WANem - a network simulator over Knoppix Linux.
Changed Network Adapter to “Bridged Adapter” of my single ...
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How to bridge the unbridgable on Windows 7?
I have a small Windows box I once used as a means of making a 4G LTE network (USB modem) available on a wider network, basically bridging its connection to a standard "Local Connection" on 100Base-T. ...
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SSH To Ubuntu through Bridged Connection
At the moment i have a small 2 computer network that i am trying to get to work how i want.
I have a laptop which has a networking card which has wifi and Ethernet connections. This laptop is bridged ...
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Traffic shaping advice
I've been searching the topic I'm looking for for a quite some time, then I decide to ask my own question because I'm so confused right now.
First thing first, here is the background information you ...
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Use ZyXEL WAP 3205 as LAN to WLAN bridge
I've got the following devices:
ZyXEL WAP3205 WLAN Access Point [WAP]
Comcast / Ubee device with 1 LAN port [COM]
Laptop with LAN and WLAN [CLIENT]
I want to connect WAP to COM via the LAN port and ...
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Virtual Machine can't connect to internet
The VM is running server 2008 and is set up with Active Directory, DNS, Certificate Services and IIS.
I am using Bridged networking for the VM so it should be connecting to my network and gaining ...
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Cannot access internet on host computer when adapter is bridged for a virtual machine
I am running a Windows Virtual Machine in Hyper-V on Windows 8. To connect the guest machine to the internet, I create a virtual switch using the Hyper-V Virtual Switch Manager. I tell it to use my ...
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DD-WRT: Repeater bridge with VPN?
Setup:
Router1 and Router2 run DD-WRT
Cable modem is connected to WLAN port of Router1
Router2 runs in Repeater Bridge mode (there is also a separate SSID with virtual interface)
This setup works ...
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No connection via Airport Express in bridge mode
I have trouble connecting to my wired network via an Airport Express. I would like to have the Airport Express just operate as a bridge -- i.e. as an access point. I have set up the Airport Express to ...
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802.11g -> wired ethernet bridging not working
Usually people want to go the other direction, but I want to take our relatively fast and stable house 802.11g signal and bridge it to ethernet. I have tried using an Airport Express (the b/g flavor) ...
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How to set up wireless access on a Cisco router
I've set up my 877W according to the configuration listed in this forum post:
IPTV over Cisco 877 (It's the working configuration at the bottom of the post)
Note that I have an 877W, so it also has ...
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SSH not working through Linux bridge
I am currently struggling with a very strange problem. I have a Linux Ubuntu 16.04 machine with two interfaces (eth1 and eth2). I set up a bridge between these two interfaces with bridge-utils for the ...
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Use ubuntu 14.04.3 box as a wireless access point, no dhcp server and eth0 to wlan0 bridging
I noticed that I had a 300Mbps N wireless adapter laying arround so I decided to use it in my ubuntu server to expand the range of my local nework, that server is being used as a samba and ftp server, ...
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Bridging NDIS into local LAN
I'm out of my depth here.
I'm currently accessing the internet on my desktop PC via an NDIS USB connection to my cellphone which is accessing the internet via 3G.
I'd like a laptop to also share ...
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Local network set up that allow to connect to any device on the other connected network
I have very little knowledge about computer networking. In fact I have never formally got any networking related education but learnt few things by reading myself. I am facing a networking related ...
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Can I Secure a Hotel Network by Setting Up My Own Access Point
I've been wondering something, and I'm hoping that I can find some informative answers here.
My question is twofold.
(1) Suppose that I am in a hotel or a restaurant with the infamously unsecured ...
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Bridging multiple WiFi networks to Starlink Router
Preface: I'm a software engineer but have limited knowledge of IP networking.
I am tasked with taking an existing StarLink installation (round dish / 1st gen router) and making the internet connection ...
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Can "universal wifi adapters" be connected to a switch instead of a end device?
I have been looking at "universal wifi adapters" (ethernet in/wifi out, looks like ethernet from the client side but speaks wifi) like the netgear wnce2001 for bridging the ethernet from a switch to ...
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DD-WRT in bridge mode
I already have router which is Ubuntu PC. I need to connect my DD-WRT asus router WAN to Ubuntu routing PC in the way so DD-WRT will just bridge connection between wireless and WAN interfaces. Is it ...
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Why doesn't my bridge transfer DHCP broadcast packets?
I am trying to set up my debian bullseye desktop machine, which is connected through ethernet, as a wifi access point. I would like to use my ISP's router (freebox delta, FWIW) DHCP stuff. I already ...
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VPN, bridge, router or firewall?
Please, help me figure out which implementation path to take for the following task:
I have a blackbox device that acts as a webserver (I can connect to it locally by typing its IP address in the ...
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How do I turn a router into a wireless bridge
I'm trying to get my HD satellite receiver connected to the internet - it has an Ethernet port on the back but my networking equipment is all upstairs.
I had the idea of connecting a spare wireless ...
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Is it possible to set up a bridged VPN in AWS to connect multiple clients in a single LAN that will allow broadcasts between them?
I've got an AWS server which I'd like to set up as a VPN for LAN gaming. The games we'll be playing do not support direct IP connection and use broadcasts to show up in other player's lobbies.
The ...
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Router access for virtualbox vm on internal network
I have two virtual box VMs. U1 and U2
VM U1 has two adapters, enp0s3 which is bridged to my wireless adapter on my host machine and enp0s8 which is connected to internal network named "inet". ...
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Can't make a route between two tp-link routers
I have a fiber connection and two router from TP-LINK. The media converter (ASKEY RTF700 model) connect to the WAN port on R600VPN, and I connect another CAT 5E on the LAN port to the WAN port on ...
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How to access an AP on a separate VLAN?
I have several Linksys routers and I use one as DHCP server running Tomato and the rest as access points running stock firmware and DDWRT spread around my home office. To control bandwidth on certain ...
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Static IP address outside of DHCP subnet?
I just set up a wireless repeater bridge. My primary router's IP address is 192.168.1.1. I had a friend guide me over the phone on setting this up. He told me to set my bridge's IP address to 192.168....
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What did an Ethernet "transparent bridge" used to look like? [closed]
I hope this is the right forum to ask this question. It's not really a technical problem, but it is technical question I think a power user/enthusiast would ask.
My Cisco book describes devices ...
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Is the idea that a switch is a multiport bridge accurate?
I think there are at least 3 differences:
switches don't allow multiple mac addresses belonging to each port
Switches don't use the fast spanning tree and use different management mechanism
switches ...
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Bridging two connections in windows 7
I have recently bought an Samsung UE32ES5500 and I want to connect it to the internet. Not wanting to buy an expensive Samsung wireless adapter for the TV, I've decided to use an ethernet cable. ...
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How to bond Ethernet and Airport Mac Pro
I have two internet services. I have a Verizon DSL 1.5m/768k and a Time Warner Cable 30m/384k. My Time Warner is coming in through an Airport Extreme which is wired via ethernet directly to my Mac ...
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How do I share my wireless internet connection over Ethernet?
I want to achieve the same thing with Windows XP that I do with Mac OS X. On my Mac I use "Internet Sharing" from "Wi-Fi" to "Ethernet".
What I'm trying to do is connect my freesat top-set box to my ...
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If I bridge a WiFi card to an ethernet card, then I connect another computer to the ethernet adapter is the router aware of this?
I have an ISP that only allows me to add seven computers to the wireless network, I have to call them and give them the computer MAC address.
I have a computer that isn't authorized, and I have a ...
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What device can create wireless network while connecting to an ethernet router
I have access to an ethernet port of a wireless router. I simply connect my laptop to it via an ethernet cable. There are a total of four such ports on the wireless router.
Now I want to connect a ...
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Static IP address not being assigned by DHCP server to host on a certain interface of a systemd-networkd bridge
I've got a box that I configured as a wired/wireless router, using systemd-networkd to define a bridge (br0) between enp3s0 (wired) and wlp1s0 (wireless) interfaces, with the systemd-networkd DHCP ...
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Linux: transfer USB "signal" via Bluetooth
What I am trying to accomplish is this:
Have some device connected via USB to PC A
Send any USB signal from the connected device on A to B via Bluetooth
Accept Bluetooth signal on PC B and make it ...
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