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CHARON Network Configuration Utility, STROMASYS (c) 2016 Version 1.6 
 
Interfaces Dedicated to State 
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eth0 host connected to host 
eth1 host disconnected from host 
lo host unmanaged from host 
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bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces 
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 select action: 
1 - Dedicate to CHARON 
2 - Release to host 
3 - Create Bridge with TAPs 
4 - Remove Bridge 
5 - Add VLAN 
6 - Remove VLAN 
7 - Print status 
8 - Exit

Enter "3" to create a bridge between the host physical network adapter and the Linux virtual network Interfaces (TAP) and specify the physical network interface ("eth1" in our example) and the number of the virtual network Interfaces to be created (2 in our example):

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Manual configuration of CHARON virtual network 

Host preparation

1. Login as "root" user.
   
   

2. Configure the physical network interface to run in promiscuous mode using the following command. This interface will be dedicated to the whole network bridge (created later).

   # ifconfig eth<N> 0.0.0.0 promisc up

   The promiscuous mode allows the physical (or virtual) network interface to accept the entire volume of incoming packets. This mode is essential for consistency of the information transfer.
   
   

3. In case the firewall is enabled on the host system, the following command should be executed to allow the bridge to forward IP packets:

   # /sbin/iptable -I FORWARD -m physdev --physdev-is-bridged -j ACCEPT

   This command can also be performed from the bridge configuration script. It has to be executed each time the iptables service is (re)started.

   It is also possible to make this setting system-wide. Either:

   1. Issue the given command from the firewall control panel.

   2. Add the following line to the end of the "/etc/sysconfig/iptables" file:

      -I FORWARD -m physdev --physdev-is-bridged -j ACCEPT

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