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tc on bridge port
I have a 4 port bridge:
root@Linux-Switch:~# brctl show
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
br0 8000.000024cd2cb0 no eth0
eth1
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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 do I set up several interfaces all bridged onto eth0?
I have found several guides to bridging a single interface (eg br0) onto eth0 but none for multiple interfaces (eg br0, br1 etc).
Is this possible?
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Equivalent for netsh start network on linux
I recenty read about the Windows option for creating an access point, that will run on the same physical device, as the machine. So that I can connect my other devices to that network, and have access ...
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Why do the members of a bridge lose their Ip address?
I have created a bridge using to existing network interfaces:
$ brctl addif br0 eth1
$ brctl addif br0 eth2
Why do eth1 and eth2 lose their IP addresses? What's the reasoning behind it?
PS this is ...
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Bridge not working
We want to create bridge (mybridge) on our board over eth0 and eth1 interface. The board runs Linux 2.6.34.9.
Following are the commands:
brctl addbr mybridge
ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0
ifconfig eth0 ...
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connecting (bridging) two networks
I would like to connect (bridge) two networks (ppp0 and eth2).
Normally you would do this with brctl but one of the network-interface is a ppp-device so it won't work (ppp can't transport ppp-frames).
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Why does adding a non-VLANed interface to a bridge break the VLANed interfaces?
I'm working with VLANs on briges and have found that if I add a non-VLAN interface to any bridge, it breaks all the VLAN interfaces - packets leave just fine, but the return packets (which are ...
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Using bridge utils to connect two computers via Linux
I have been using bridge utils previously to connect my network connected computers to a single interface on my Linux computer. The problem I'm having is when I installed a new Linux (with Slackware) ...
