Configure FC2 as Bridge

[Paul Howarth]

Franco wrote:
> Paul Howarth ha scritto:
> 
>> Franco wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, i need to use a FC2 server as firewall for my network,
>>> i have configured it as write on shorewall sites:
>>>
>>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0
>>>
>>> DEVICE=br0
>>> TYPE=Bridge
>>> IPADDR=213.xxx.xxx.xxx
>>> NETMASK=255.255.255.248
>>> ONBOOT=yes
>>>
>>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:
>>>
>>> DEVICE=eth0
>>> TYPE=ETHER
>>> BRIDGE=br0
>>> ONBOOT=yes
>>>
>>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1:
>>>
>>> DEVICE=eth1
>>> TYPE=ETHER
>>> BRIDGE=br0
>>> ONBOOT=yes
>>>
>>> After a /etc/init.d/network restart
>>> i have lose the ssh connection and seams that the server
>>> can't ping other ips.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help me?
>>
>> OK, so nobody has bitten since you posted this exact same question 
>> yesterday, let's have a try.
>>
>> Can you post the output of:
>>
>> # ifconfig -a
>> # netstat -rn
>>
> Hi Paul, this server is offline now so i can't copy and paste the output
> of ifconfig -a what do you need to know?
> this is what i see with netstat -rn
> 
> Kernel ip routing table
> destination     gateway   genmark        flag mss windows irtt iface
> 213.199.xxx.xxx    *    255.255.255.248   U    0    0      0     0
> 169.254.0.0        *    255.255.0.0       U    0    0      0     0

The server does not know which interface to use for packets to send to 
the 213.199.xxx.xxx/29 (or in fact, anywhere else) according to this 
routing table. Things might look different though when the server is 
online. The route should be specifying an interface of br0 I think.

Paul.