Linux software bridge question

I use a software bridge to connect different segments of a lan together.

ppp0 is my dsl link, br0 is my lan

The server is doing nat, this, that..

Can anyone tell me what would happen if I added ppp0 to the bridge?

Would it work? Does the bridge allow interfaces like ppp0 to be bridged?

Secondly, how badly would I screw my ISP around by adding more IP's on
their range? Would that work? I suppose I wouldnt have connectivity...

Why would I do this? I wouldnt, just wondering...


www:/ # ifconfig
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:40:47:B9
inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::208:a1ff:fe40:47b9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:44444381 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:31398328 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2204182806 (2102.0 Mb) TX bytes:2152206444 (2052.5 Mb)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:FC:82:98:C0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:fcff:fe82:98c0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:60367057 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:60594478 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3225632715 (3076.2 Mb) TX bytes:3708982035 (3537.1 Mb)
Interrupt:15 Base address:0x3000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:77:11:7E
inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:4cff:fe77:117e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:9360518 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14452427 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2813764457 (2683.4 Mb) TX bytes:24167614 (23.0 Mb)
Interrupt:15 Base address:0x6000

eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:40:47:B9
inet6 addr: fe80::208:a1ff:fe40:47b9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:37495044 errors:4 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30252280 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:2028 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1773202762 (1691.0 Mb) TX bytes:680023909 (648.5 Mb)
Interrupt:15 Base address:0xb000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:9768387 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9768387 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1255182345 (1197.0 Mb) TX bytes:1255182345 (1197.0 Mb)

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:165.146.237.92 P-t-P:165.146.192.1
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:13248 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:6638205 (6.3 Mb) TX bytes:1290271 (1.2 Mb)


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