[lug] router in bridge mode

[Franklin Bowen]

I think your friend can not hub in his other computers because they will 
exist/be visible on the ISP's network.  He could put a router NOT in 
bridging mode between the current router and his network, as George has done.

At 09:03 AM 8/20/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>In bridge mode, the router has no IP address. It's just a media converter to
>ethernet.
>
>For example, I run my Cisco 675 in bridge mode. The router has no IP. My
>linux router has two NICs. The 675 connects to one, and the network to the
>other. To the world, the Cisco 675 doesn't exist.
>
>George Sexton
>MH Software, Inc.
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>From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
>Behalf Of Kenneth D. Weinert
>Sent: 20 August, 2002 8:27 AM
>To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>Subject: [lug] router in bridge mode
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>Forwarding a question that's a bit beyond my ken - any thoughts are
>appreciated:
>
>  techie question - if an ISP says they're going to set your SDSL router up
>in
>"bridge" mode with 1 or 2 IP addresses, what does that mean? Is it still a
>router that can share the connection with as many computers as you hub in?
>
>Personally I still don't have a home network set up because I'm trying to
>get
>it sorted - too much hands-on hardware :)
>
>Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>
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