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From: "Lars Täuber" <taeuber@bbaw.de>
To: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] which interface for IP address?
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 09:08:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100506090834.f267a478.taeuber@bbaw.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100505082021.627ab01b@nehalam>

Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> schrieb:
> On Wed, 5 May 2010 10:06:04 +0200
> Lars Täuber <taeuber@bbaw.de> 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.

Oh, I see. That's a reason to do it like it is written everywhere.

 
> > 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).


Thanks
Lars

      reply	other threads:[~2010-05-06  7:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-05  8:06 [Bridge] which interface for IP address? Lars Täuber
2010-05-05 15:20 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-05-06  7:08   ` Lars Täuber [this message]

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