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Hello I have been trying to put bridge mode on ubuntu basically my setup I've got a router upstairs that I usually get wireless to my laptop which is connected ethernet to my ps3, so my ps3 gets connected through my laptop

             ethernet

WIFI ---- LAPTOP ----------- PS3

Now on winxp this doesn't pose me a problem at all I just select local area connection and the wireless connection just select them and click create bridge.

Howewer in Ubuntu I couldn't do it, so I started looking around etc and setting manually then I installed bridge-utils, firestarter and netbridge still nothing

Then i used the command sudo ifconfig.

I was looking to see if I add any device with that unknown mac address for eth0 which I hadn't so I looked around more and there is an utility that changes the mac address. However as soon I change the mac address it resets itself right away. Is there a FIX to this so that it is set permanently because that is not recognized anywhere.

sudo ifconfig eth0 down

sudo macchanger -m XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX eth0

sudo ifconfig eth0 up

These are the commands I use. Is there a way to edit them into a script and put the script somewhere to make this solution permanent? I've seen somewhere that you could edit them in sysconfig but I used ctrl+h and didn't find sysconfig and those files to edit there.

Any help is appreciated

Thanks

EDIT: I forgot to say I am running Ubuntu version 11.10

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Assuming your PS3 is connected to your laptop using Ethernet, do:

  • Click on the network icon in the top right of your screen
  • Click "Edit connections..."
  • Click "Edit..." for the appropriate connection with your PS3
  • Click the tab "IPv4 settings"
  • Under "Method", select "Shared with other computers"
  • Click "Save..."

Note that you may need a crossover UTP cable to make this work. Also, I would advise to undo any changes you have made to the system in your pursuit of making this work.