From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-173751-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 040FF138DB0 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 23:46:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 24B0AE0AB3; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 23:45:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alt1.smtp6.plusvps.com (alt1.smtp6.plusvps.com [89.201.164.169]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C7583E0983 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 23:45:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lin16.mojsite.com ([178.218.164.164]) by smtp6.plusvps.com with esmtps (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from <miro.rovis@croatiafidelis.hr>) id 1bvYeJ-0002Qx-Gr for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 01:45:55 +0200 Received: from 93-136-98-42.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([93.136.98.42]:47290 helo=g0n.localdomain) by lin16.mojsite.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.87) (envelope-from <miro.rovis@croatiafidelis.hr>) id 1bvYeH-0006dj-NT for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 01:45:53 +0200 Received: by g0n.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 039B889F; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 01:46:44 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 01:46:44 +0200 From: Miroslav Rovis <miro.rovis@croatiafidelis.hr> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Use brctl from bridge-utils or bridge from iproute2? Message-ID: <20161015234644.GG12322@g0n.xdwgrp> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0z5c7mBtSy1wdr4F" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) X-PlusHosting-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details, Found to be clean X-PlusHosting-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-Spam-Status: No, No X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - lin16.mojsite.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - croatiafidelis.hr X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: lin16.mojsite.com: authenticated_id: miro.rovis@croatiafidelis.hr X-Authenticated-Sender: lin16.mojsite.com: miro.rovis@croatiafidelis.hr X-PlusHosting-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-PlusHosting-MailScanner-ID: 1bvYeJ-0002Qx-Gr X-PlusHosting-MailScanner-From: miro.rovis@croatiafidelis.hr X-Archives-Salt: 00fdff9f-3c4b-408b-8781-1cdbc203efb4 X-Archives-Hash: d1c9b28b5a6904c038f9385490364b89 --0z5c7mBtSy1wdr4F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! The: /usr/share/doc/netifrc-0.4.0/net.example.bz2 =66rom the net-misc/netifrc package reads: # Bridging (802.1d) # For bridging support emerge net-misc/bridge-utils # To add ports to bridge br0 #bridge_br0=3D"eth0 eth1" =2E.. et cetera =2E.. How is this done with the bridge utility from iproute2 package is not very clear to a non-expert. It sure is all completely different than with brctl. Reminds me of how lots of people still prefer iptables over netfilter, because there are good reason to do so. It this a similar case? While managing ones' ethernet interfaces, esp. the link and address of, surely iproute2 package is superior than net-tools suite (expecially the ip is superior than the ifconfig), and I mostly switched to the better iproute2 replacements for net-tools suite, as per: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Iproute2#iproute2_for_net-tools_swappers -- also notice that bridge in not in the swappers there -- ). The net-tools vs. iproute2 question is solved for me in that respect. However I can much more easily use the brctl from:=20 net-misc/bridge-utils (and indeed, https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Network_bridge still suggests so) than the bridge from Iproute2 package. Stick to bridge-utils or try the bridge from Iproute2? And if the latter, any suggestions of a more detailed and more complete and more user friendly tutorials? Regards! --=20 Miroslav Rovis Zagreb, Croatia http://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr --0z5c7mBtSy1wdr4F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYAr/kAAoJEOqYhIhPuvCuqNMQAJQBa/USQ2wNBRSIK7yJlLxf G9T0apcCnZncbbCe8yiuHNJafSeJdnb2QyBOwwgkfY0MB7IK0feDEgNbmc+OZfrs CNtSK8mPssym9B64Uk6xdQMpnxWFVNyF3mQ+7SLMqsiPwUCjq/Mq5xSeBgAmy4V+ vY8YM0hoxgK7F/EuyRFqaRZtLy2RkwAn3kcfuOaeG/DDtGPQbTYOpiKUeXtu93jV IxuxEiU2hYaTxv5PbvQ3JEJcYqtyUkQLby2PPyKPCcmpzclXoR6QozGOlIg+lRnr 0M328eRZwZW7OALp1UA8A5W3nHnNhmgbxB0nKLPOe9AeVqrXWDaGMhmrHhqalOw6 nSAiP32rjueW14XUVmGF4YuaPbYaWQmNF29zSJpEZzhTV0qS/GkePI/B94xWBB8I fc7y/Ya5hrjoMFStitFURBtiRPJQpoF2bO4lHXOf5lmdHlS7knH/wgofT/qjoSN7 0xoHecZA+6TB+6vWhWMJYQtEIgpYrIOg9vzMypeRrCHQ7JbuhD/O80CUDxDHB8Xi +PsvwdHprVU3G6pX5eE9OfMbyy9PXrZjL+SDYKdIsowGDyIP/ceb/nGFsxL+g55t sWNS2QBR9Dg8DvIzSPRHzb7Wf8NyCKxMmMaR1GhuPRkBDnrAlKYaVe6iJxlpdhx+ P9ipb6jtMHsiRZnGZ+ap =cMjw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0z5c7mBtSy1wdr4F--