On 3/15/06, jan gestre <m0n0wall dot list at gmail dot com> wrote:
> based on the diagram, there is no ip address assigned to the OPT
> interface,

There is no IP on a bridged interface.


> what if i have assigned a private ip address to that interface
> e.g. 192.168.2.1 , will the bridge setup still work?

If you want private IP's off that interface, you don't want bridging.


> is it possible to
> assign a private address 192.168.2.2 e.g. to my mail server but in reality
> it just forwarding it to that ip because the mail server has a real public
> ip e.g. 202.xxx.xxx.xxx, is there a documentation for these kind of setup?
>

Add that public IP in proxy ARP, then set up 1:1 NAT between the
private and public IP's.

-Chris