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.
Questions tagged [bridge]
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Remove docker0 bridge
I'm using docker via
# service docker start
This creates a docker0 bridge. However using
# service docker stop
doesn't remove this bridge.
How do I get rid of it? I'm not sure if I missed something here.
tynn
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How do I access my modem's GUI when it's in bridged mode?
I wanted to try setting up my ActionTec P5001a DSL modem/router in bridged mode with a Linksys E2500 router for improved NAT performance. Switching the modem to bridged mode and the router to PPPoE worked perfectly, but now I seem to have no way to…
Dustin
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Bridging Wifi to Ethernet on Ubuntu not working
When running Windows I was able to bridge my wifi connect through my laptops Ethernet connection so a range of ethernet only devices could piggy back off my wifi (Raspberry Pi, Xbox etc etc).
I am now trying to do the same within Ubuntu, i.e the…
DevWithZachary
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Can I make two wireless routers communicate using the wireless?
I want to make a setup like this:
cable modem <-cable-> wireless router 1 <-wireless-> wireless router 2 in another room <-cables-> PCs in another room
Basically, I want to extend my network access across the house and then have a bunch of network…
Dana Robinson
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How to Bridge Two Ethernet Ports on Mac OS X
How can I bridge two wired ethernet interfaces on Mac OS X (e.g. the current MacPro comes with two ethernet ports)?
Googling turned up (e.g. this Apple forum post and this openvpn post) that this is fairly easy on Linux (using the brctl command)…
Rabarberski
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Wired to wireless bridge in Linux
I am attempting to set up my Raspberry Pi as a bridge, using Debian wheezy. I have a hostapd.conf: (some details changed for security, and yes, I know WEP is no…
adrianmcmenamin
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Bridge from Wifi to Ethernet not working (Windows 10)
I attempt to share a WiFi-Internet connection with an Ethernet port.
The Wifi is secured with an enterprise 802.1X authentication (so there is no preshared password like in home Wifi's).
Whenever I bridge the WiFi adapter with the Ethernet adapter,…
Mike76
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What are the names of my network adapters? (Vagrant related)
I'm trying to use mVagrant to set up a bridge on the correct network adapter.
I keep getting this message:
Specific bridge 'Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection' not
found. You may be asked to specify
Using ipconfig on the host…
barrrista
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How to force Vagrant to have a single, bridged, network interface
Using vagrant 1.7.2 on OSX (MacBook Pro), Ubuntu 14.04 guests, VirtualBox 4.3.26. Mac is connected to the world via standard WiFi interface.
I want the Vagrant boxes to use the bridged network on the local LAN as their primary (and only) interface.…
Capt. Crunch
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Configure linux machine as bridge/switch and end device
At my home, I have two desktop PCs in two rooms. The router / DSL modem is in one of these rooms. Now I want to configure a home server (having 2 LAN ports, running 24/7) in the corridor between the two rooms, using only one LAN cable at each door.…
leemes
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QEMU within VirtualBox and bridged connections all the way down
I'm trying to get an ARM QEMU system out on my LAN. I tried running QEMU directly from Windows (Windows 7 x64), with success except I could not get a TAP adapter to bridge to my wireless connection. Specifically, Windows refused to bridge any of my…
Nick
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second router: access point vs. bridge mode
I have my main router running Tomato. My second router is configured as an access point using a different channel as the main router, but the same SSID/WPA2 info. All the firewall stuff, plus DHCP is turned off. It is connected WIRED to the first…
Shred
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Can't bridge WIFI and ethernet, because wireless disconnects when I connect ethernet cable
I want to Bridge my Windows 7 laptop's wireless and wired adapters. I just select my ethernet and WIFI adapter, and choose create bridge.
However when plugging in ethernet cable, instantly my WIFI disconnects. How to prevent this?
I have a HP nx6310…
Janis Veinbergs
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How does Linux determine the default MAC address of a bridge device?
How does Linux determine the default MAC address of a bridge device? I know it is the same as "bridge id" from brctl show, but how is it calculated? Is the MAC address supposed to change automatically when a network interface is added to the bridge?
jurez
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ssh randomly can connect, and sometimes "kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host"
Connecting to my server has never been a problem. But now I've added a mesh router in bridge mode to my regular router, and when I try to ssh to my server, sometimes it works fine, and other times the connection is closed at initiation…
