[Discuss] Host chaining?

[Steven Kurylo]

>         Many thanks for the reply.  I started doing that actually based on
> what I've read, so thanks for confirming I'm going the right way.  Do
> you have experience with this?  I've read that doing it wirelessly has
> flaws since it can't spoof properly, I didn't read it fully as it was
> from 2003 and perceived it as obsolete.

I haven't bridged to a wireless connection, but I've done lots of
wired bridges.  I can't think of why making one side wireless would
make a difference.

The article is old, so you wouldn't need to apply the patches and such.
Basically from your mythtv console

brctl addbr mybridge
brctl addif mybridge eth0
brctl addif mybridge eth1
ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0
ifconfig mybridge 192.168.100.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

Where eth0 and eth1 are replaced by your interfaces and 192.168.100.5
is replaced by the IP address you want the mythtv box to use.  I
haven't tried dchp on the bridge interface, but that should work too.

Often I'll setup another interface like eth0:1 for talking to my
bridge, instead of giving the bridge an IP address.

> Also, do I need a crossover cable from the Linux machine to my Xbox?

Assuming neither can auto-detect the cable type, yes.

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Steven Kurylo