2010/6/15 Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com>: > I have 3 nics in a NATed gateway file server. Two nics (eth1, eth2) > provide dhcp and nfs services to an internal subnet via a dedicated > switch. The other nic (eth0) connects to an external WAN switch to > provide net access to the systems in the subnet. > > --- eth1 > WAN switch eth0 --- | SUBNET switch > --- eth2 > > Question: > Is it possible to disable the NATing, nfs, dhcp and just somehow > bridge the external WAN nic to the internal ones such that it's just a > pass through? Basically having the server behave like a switch? > Allowing the internal systems to join the network on the WAN. I know > how to disable NAT, nfs and dhcp but not how to configure the nics. > > I know I could simply unplug eth1, eth2 from the server and plug them > into the WAN switch but my goal is to script this so I don't have to > physically plug and unplug network cables each time. Just create network bridge: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rhel-linux-kvm-virtualization-bridged-networking-with-libvirt/ -- Eero