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Assigning IP to a bridged interfaces

Is there a way to assign an IP to bridged interfaces? For example, under normal circumstances: ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 brctl addbr mybridge brctl addif mybridge eth0 brctl addif ...
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How to know if a network interface is tap, tun, bridge or physical?

As far as i know, there are 4 main types of network interfaces in linux: tun, tap, bridge and physical. When i'm doing sys admin on machines running KVM, i usually come accross tap, bridge and ...