> You > already have trouble believing an ethernet switch can have an IP > address No; that that is possible was already clear to me. > Because dummy0 is now a port of the ethernet switch, not a device > attached to the ethernet switch as you persist in claiming. Aaaaahhh! Yes, you are right, that that was exactly what I thought 'addif' was doing. Many thanks for the clarification! Alexis _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge