Re: epair(4)

Kristof Provost <kp@freebsd.org> wrote:

> There’s no reason to ever assign IP addresses to member interfaces.

> Again, ifconfig bridge0 inet 192.0.2.1/24 is perfectly okay and will continue to work. ifconfig bridge0 addm epair0a ; ifconfig epair0a inet 192.0.2.1/24 is not.

I have read all mails in this and the other thread's mails and I am still puzzled by the wording:

> The documentation has had this warning for a long time: “If the bridge host needs an IP address, set it on the bridge interface, not on the member interfaces.“

Das "member interfaces" *include* or *exclude* the corresponding epair0b part?

In https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/jails/#creating-vnet-jail I do find:

| exec.start += "/sbin/ifconfig ${epair}b ${ip} up";

I am following that document's way in setting up VNET jails, but I am still uncertain if the upcoming changes will allow that regarding ${epair}b?

Regards,
Michaek