Does bridging two network interfaces prevent web server access running on the host?

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I have a Raspberry Pi setup as a wireless bridge for an XBox (i.e. Ethernet bridged to the wifi). Currently I can plug in a keyboard directly to reconfigure. Since the bridging works at the lowest two OSI layers, is there no way of accessing a web server on the Pi? Will it automatically be forwarding all traffic to the wifi card straight to the XBox?

Calvin Flegal

Posted 2013-05-20T16:38:34.570

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No, it does not prevent doing that. The bridge itself is still on the network, and it can have an IP address of its own.

user1686

Posted 2013-05-20T16:38:34.570

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hmm when I tried to ssh into the wlan0 address I got nothing, whereas when the bridge state is DOWN it was okay.. – Calvin Flegal – 2013-05-20T16:48:52.263

@CalvinFlegal: The bridge (br0) can have its own IP address – not the individual bridged interfaces. – user1686 – 2013-05-20T16:51:45.483

or, rather, when the interfaces were not added to the bridge. – Calvin Flegal – 2013-05-20T16:51:57.547

Would the bridge be the ip I would try to access to get to the web server, or the wlan0?? – Calvin Flegal – 2013-05-20T16:52:43.940

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