said by Anav:JC, great tutorial there.
What I do not understand is how you decide which computers will get new IP (bridge IPs). DO you set those on the PCs statically? OR
now ALL PCs on LAN1 will no longerbe in LAN1 and will get dhcp from the bridged DHCP, or will this only force WLAN users onto the bridge LAN and get new IPs?
I understand the policy routing to ensure all bridged users (new IP) have access to the internet. The only subtle change would be to use a user defined trunk vice default if needed (already in place).
The other thing on the Policy route is incoming,,,,, why not state the bridge interface instead of any (except zywall). Its a routing policy for all those on the bridged interface??? Source you should be able to leave as ANY.
Thanks,
As far as LAN and WLAN having their own separate IPs I think Zywall is referring to the physical bridge of the network, not the Logical. Think this: Zywall asking where to physically look for these clients to bridge them together, not what you logically defined as LAN and WLAN (not to be confused with changing Router Port Roles on the back of your Zywall).
As far as using a User defined Trunk yes, that is fine, except Trunking isn't really covered in my example. Setting up a working Trunk is a whole nother beast, so I simply used the one created by default in the Zywall.
I didn't set my rule as "any" because this hasn't worked for me in the past. It might be because I was doing other things wrong, but I find that when I am setting up a routing policy or a network object it is better to be more specific so that your policy/object doesn't have unintended consequences (like creating an exploit by accident). I guess I am just paranoid. (I am almost done getting my associates degree in Network Security)
said by polarisdb:said by Anav:JC, great tutorial there.
What I do not understand is how you decide which computers will get new IP (bridge IPs). DO you set those on the PCs statically? OR
now ALL PCs on LAN1 will no longerbe in LAN1 and will get dhcp from the bridged DHCP, or will this only force WLAN users onto the bridge LAN and get new IPs?
After I set up the bridge, LAN1 & WLAN clients all got IPs from the bridged network.
Correct, All clients will now use the B ridged network's IP. This shouldn't be a problem because we want traffic to be routed to eachother anyway.