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Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 08:20:21 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [Bridge] which interface for IP address?
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To: Lars =?ISO-8859-1?B?VOR1YmVy?= <taeuber@bbaw.de>
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On Wed, 5 May 2010 10:06:04 +0200
Lars T=E4uber <taeuber@bbaw.de> wrote:

> Hi there,
>=20
> why do all the howtos set the ip address to the brigde? Isn't it also pos=
sible 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 ass=
igning the address to the real interface contained by the bridge?
>=20

You end up with partial connectivity (send but not receive).

--=20