When is a switch not a switch?

[D'Arcy Cain]

On 10/20/20 4:36 AM, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
> It's officially documented here:
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-bridging.html

I did see that.  Does that mean that I don't even need to create switches at 
all?

> "If the bridge host needs an IP address, set it on the bridge interface, not on the member interfaces."

But I don't necessarily need an IP on the bridge itself, right?

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