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-====== SandPit for Wifi to eth (bridge) routing======+====== SandPit for Wifi to eth <del>bridge</del> routing======
  
-**The reason for this HOWTO: word bridge is misleadig**+**The reason for this HOWTO: word __bridge__ is misleading**
  
 For a network bridge we assume a device that transfer unmodified network packets from one network connection to the other. For a network bridge we assume a device that transfer unmodified network packets from one network connection to the other.
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-This solution is for static IP addresses. See below for A use of DHCP. +This solution is for static IP addresses. See below for A use of DHCP.\\ 
-Assuptions: +**Assuptions**:\\ 
-We want to interconnect one WiFi and one eth network card - devices wlan0 and eth0+We want to interconnect one WiFi and one eth network card - devices wlan0 and eth0.\\ 
 +Prepare Slackware box so, to be able to comunicate over WiFi adapter (Networkmanager, rc.inet1 ...), eth adapter is idle.\\ 
 +I had set up WPA2 AES verification with Networkmanager to get useable wpa_supplicant.conf later used with rc.inet1.\\ 
 +Disable all bootable network configurations (rc.networkmanager or other files for network setup are not executable) and set rc.inet1 executable.\\
  
-  - IP forwarding must be enabled at Linux kernel compilation\\ +1. IP forwarding must be enabled at Linux kernel compilation\\ 
-  - download & compile & install [[http://www.hazard.maks.net/parprouted/parprouted-0.7.tar.gz]]\\ +2. download & compile & install [[http://www.hazard.maks.net/parprouted/parprouted-0.7.tar.gz]] :!:\\ 
-  - edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf so to enable wlan0 and eth0, set them static IP numbers  and set wlan0 to lowest iindex\\ +3. edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf so to enable wlan0 and eth0, set them static IP numbers  and set wlan0 to lowest index and connect to AP\\ 
-  - set /etc/rc.d/rc.ip_forward executable:\\ +4. set /etc/rc.d/rc.ip_forward executable:\\ 
-       chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.ip_forward\\ +       chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.ip_forward 
-  - add a line:\\ +5. add a line:\\ 
-      /usr/local/sbin/parprouted wlan0 eth0\\  +      /usr/local/sbin/parprouted wlan0 eth0  
-        into /etc/rc.d/rc.local and make this file executable\\+        into /etc/rc.d/rc.local and make this file executable
  
-That's all. Reboot and you have a working WiFi - eth bridge, also called WiFi extender or WiFi Internet share.+That's all. Reboot and you have a working WiFi - eth bridge, also called WiFi extender or WiFi Internet share.\\ 
 + 
 +:!: read instructions for compilation, as you have to set path for one file correctly - default is not right!\\
  
 ====== DHCP enabled variant ====== ====== DHCP enabled variant ======
  
-Look below for a solution in a sources link.+Look below for a solution in a source link.
  
 ====== Source ====== ====== Source ======

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