When is a switch not a switch?

[John-Mark Gurney]

D'Arcy Cain wrote this message on Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 05:28 -0400:
> 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?

I can't say w/o more info in exactly how your system is setup...  If
you could provide more concrete information about what interfaces you
are using, and what IPs are configured on what interfaces (or VMs),
that'd be helpful.

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  John-Mark Gurney				Voice: +1 415 225 5579

     "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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