I thought about it. since those two IPs are in the same subnet, will it mess
up existing routing?

how to config it in bridging mode? Any more detail?

Thanks.

"Robert" <noone@noplace.nowhere> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.02.13.22.40.52.926606@noplace.nowher e...
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:36:22 -0500, steeles wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thanks for the input. I have a difficult situation that needs all help.
>>
>> currently setup is WAN router connect to a switch, then all workstations
>> connect to switch, router and workstation are using same subnet, like
>> 168.1.X.X
>>
>> What I want is to setup a firewall server (2 NIC cards) between Router
>> and
>> swith.
>>
>> how do I setup this firewall without changing WAN router configuration?
>> Another word, if this case, two NIC cards will have same IP subnet, but
>> how
>> is routing going to work?
>
> Simple. Example. Use what ever ip addresses you have free in 168.x.x.x
> they don't have to be at either end it could be any.
>
> Setup a linux box as your firewall.
> Setup eth0 as 168.x.x.1
> Setup eth1 as 168.x.x.2
> Turn on forwarding
> Connect switch to eth1
> Connect router to eth0
> Finished
>
>
> --
>
> Regards
> Robert
>
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