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Re: How do I configure a bridge adapter to get a DHCP address?

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Subject	Re: How do I configure a bridge adapter to get a DHCP address?
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On 8/30/2014 4:18 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> akshay rao a écrit :
>> Hi,
>> I want to configure a bridge adapter to get an IP address from the DHCP server on my LAN.  
> 
> What's a bridge adapter, and what does it have to do with Linux ?

Simply googling with this term "bridge adapter" finds as the 1st
6 hits:

Chapter 6. Virtual networking - VirtualBox
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html

Bridged Networking - VMware
https://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/network_bridged_ws.html

How-to: VirtualBox Networking Part Two - NAT and Bridged
http://catlingmindswipe.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-virtualbox-networking-part-two.html
"Jun 18, 2012 - Last time, we ran through the Network Adapter options
 available to our ... The Bridged Adapter connects through the host to
 whatever is your ..."

Wireless Ethernet Bridge- Wireless Networking
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/hardwarenetworkgear/ss/wirelessadapter_4.htm

Cisco Wireless-N Bridge for Phone Adapters - Cisco
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collaboration-endpoints/wireless-n-bridge-phone-adapters/

Network Bridge: Networking and Communications - TechNet
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781097(v=ws.10).aspx
" Network Bridge makes it inexpensive and easy to connect LAN segments.
  You can use Network Bridge to connect the Ethernet network adapter,
  the HPNA ..."

Even the Microsoft one sounds "linuxy" to me.

Since you seem to be unaware, Google is one of many search engines
available over the Internet per:

Web search engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine
" A web search engine is a software system that is designed to
  search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results
  are generally presented in a line ..."

Thad

Thread

How do I configure a bridge adapter to get a DHCP address? akshay rao <fakemailrao@gmail.com> - 2014-08-30 10:53 -0700
  Re: How do I configure a bridge adapter to get a DHCP address? Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-08-31 01:18 +0200
    Re: How do I configure a bridge adapter to get a DHCP address? Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2014-08-30 16:52 -0700
      Re: How do I configure a bridge adapter to get a DHCP address? akshay rao <fakemailrao@gmail.com> - 2014-08-30 23:16 -0700
        Re: How do I configure a bridge adapter to get a DHCP address? detha <detha@foad.co.za> - 2014-08-31 10:29 +0200
  Re: How do I configure a bridge adapter to get a DHCP address? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2014-09-01 08:57 +0200

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