On Wed, 5 May 2010 10:06:04 +0200 Lars Täuber <taeuber@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, > > why do all the howtos set the ip address to the brigde? Isn't it also possible to assign the address the real interface? No. packets get diverted to the bridge before IP processing. > What's the difference between assigning the address to the bridge and assigning the address to the real interface contained by the bridge? > You end up with partial connectivity (send but not receive). -- _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
