On 06/30/2010 04:26 PM, Stef Bon wrote: > 2010/6/30 richardvoigt@xxxxxxxxx<richardvoigt@xxxxxxxxx>: >> The host processor which does the bridging, can also act as a node >> sending and receiving traffic to the bridged network. What you see as >> the "IP address of the bridge" is actually the configuration of the >> interface representing this connection to the host processor. >> >> Packets generated on the bridge host use this IP address as the source >> address, packets sent to this IP address are processed locally on the >> bridge host and not forwarded. > > Ok, but then you're talking about a router for example, but I see a > lot of setups for machines hosting > other virtual machines, where the bridge gets also an ip address, > which does not make sense to me. > > The function of a bridge is to share the physical device with more > ethernet devices (virtual because they are not connected to a real > device), and that's it. > > Being a bridge between devices and an interface self at the same time > is confusing. > > About creating virtual devices, does anyone know how to create them? > I've found veth, looks very promising, > but they seem to come in pairs. Look at the documentation for your chosen virtual machine solution -- it should tell you how (or have built-in capabilities) to create the necessary networking devices. --Jeff _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
