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How I got network bridging to work in Puppy 3.01
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itoffshore

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PostPosted: Fri 04 Apr 2008, 09:14    Post subject:  How I got network bridging to work in Puppy 3.01
Subject description: brctl & llc modules needed to get it working		  
I have got bridging working on a 3.01 hard drive install

Bridging is used to connect 2 or more networks / interfaces seamlessly (your ethernet & wireless ethernet cards for instance) It can also be used to connect Virtual Machines / interfaces to the Hosts interface. I'm going to use it to bridge a virtual interface with Samba connected to a VM in Qemu so I can share files between the linux host & Windows VM (I have an ADSL modem & no physical network card with a fixed non public IP) - I'll add to this Howto as I have more success with this.

After installing bridge-utils you need load the Bridge Module - you will see this depends on the LLC Module

Code:
modinfo bridge


The Bridge Module comes precompiled with Puppy 3.01 but the LLC Module does not.

To compile the LLC Module you need to install Devx_301.sfs

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=113436246&t=22701

& then do the same for kernel-src_301.sfs

Enter the kernel source directory & check that "IEEE 802.2 core LLC support" is enabled
as a Module :

Code:
cd /usr/src/linux-2.6
make menuconfig


(it should show under Networking Options)

make only the single module you need :

Code:
make M=net/llc


After compiling llc.ko (needed by the Bridge Module) it needs to be put in :

/lib/modules/2.6.21.7/kernel/net/llc/llc.ko

Code:
cp net/llc/*.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21.7/kernel/net/llc/


So the new Modules are found by Modprobe you need to edit :

/lib/modules/2.6.21.7/modules.dep & manually add the following lines :

/lib/modules/2.6.21.7/kernel/net/llc/llc.ko:
/lib/modules/2.6.21.7/kernel/net/llc/llc2.ko:

Then load the needed Modules & rewrite the Module Dependencies file :

Code:
modprobe llc
modprobe bridge
depmod


Now adding a Bridge will work :

Code:
brctl addbr br0


I have attached the needed files & instructions to avoid doing all the above
llc_modules+brctl-bridging.tar.gz
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erikson


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PostPosted: Fri 25 Apr 2008, 11:11    Post subject: Re: Bridging in Puppy 3.01
Subject description: brctl & llc modules needed to get it working		  
itoffshore wrote:
Bridging is used to connect 2 or more networks / interfaces seamlessly (your ethernet & wireless ethernet cards for instance)

I may be missing the point, but isn't that simply IP packet forwarding? Doesn't that work without further ado by activating packet forwarding with the following command?
Code:
cat 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

(Re. virtual interfaces, Samba etc I know next to nothing, so I can't comment on that).
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claude


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PostPosted: Wed 19 Nov 2008, 09:01    Post subject:  bridging in Puppy 4.11
Subject description: module llc		  
For itoffshore,

Would it be possible to get the llc modules compiled for kernel 2.6.25 ?

Thank you very much

Claude
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sa110_mk

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PostPosted: Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:47    Post subject: Bridging in Puppy 4.1x
Subject description: LLC modules for 4.1x		  
I have compiled the LLC modules for 4.1x.

Have tested these on 4.1 and 4.12

Please find them attached.
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ottershaw

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PostPosted: Fri 24 Jul 2009, 23:38    Post subject:  
Hello All,

The llc modules provided for 3.01 work great. I had to execute the depmod command before the modprobe commands to get them loaded.

Will the llc ethernet bridging modules work with Puppy 4.2.1 K2.6.25.16 Seamonkey?

EDIT: No, the 4.1 llc modules do NOT work with the 4.2.1 Puppy.

Would some kind soul please compile them?

Also...is there a technical reason that bridging is not included in puppy?

Thanks,

Gordon
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