Networking : how to bridge two NICs to share internet access ?

[Vincent Trouilliez]

Hello, network gurus, newb need help :-)

I have two Ethernet controllers in my machine. One is connected (DHCP)
directly to the cable modem, to access internet.

The other NIC is there to play/experiment with local networking.
In System->Administration->Networking, I set it to 'fixed IP' an gave it
the address 10.0.0.0 and accepted the default subnet mask (255.0.0.0),
since I don't know any better...

The fist thing I would like to try/fiddle with is :

Connect a second machine to this NIC, and access internet.
How do I do to access internet (eth0) from the local network (eth1), is
that something called "bridging" or something ?! Is it difficult to set
up ? Can be it be done using some GUI in Breezy, or do I need to tweak
some config file somewhere (I don't mind of course) ?

Thanks much in advance ! :-)


Regards,


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Vince