From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: 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 B21EA138DDC for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 03:13:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5BEBFE0A61; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 03:13:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-f50.google.com (mail-pa0-f50.google.com [209.85.220.50]) (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 0887FE0941 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 03:13:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f50.google.com with SMTP id rz1so55802520pab.1 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 20:13:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references :user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=nmSpPO1vdJAaXieNvrzf/PQbhVz9tPE/fEvNJXLbHcQ=; b=Kr2652IBsL50C6bLWQ2rEqjjc0ytNDEpKueK+IQ0iz3E/EV+N2BUZTzm55XCc6cCUo KdGRiL7rwsbXaAWv5HORwU2GOVu10pm/LE0T3+RGgQ74Hvygtgv06Qbd2ny1QtFWGa1v 4x1r8TcsUPQbAj7ItJa/Q1v+9MprogblbXI5yFkVBQFZQx/NV6wlKfDjfZB8JZ+cr6b7 AXxHgVAJ8f1yN0I9cyEvbpv84S0KOyj938xg+bPE8ocn7OjvIkUtP8REe+jErPj53+zo 8awKE9H96e5I0ODvO6GRXzOmiXEVtIoJUTLNdQ+pwl7BT1ltABm0aWTkQpwuF1G1ISTw jdQQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9RmuXHgnQ5AoVFiNPOJaly+p+rt3rfwxqCGEG41VPfQ3tlkJUlNmJnucFOhc3e3T2A== X-Received: by 10.66.139.109 with SMTP id qx13mr24381094pab.23.1476587596801; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 20:13:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 99-126-197-187.lightspeed.austtx.sbcglobal.net (99-126-197-187.lightspeed.austtx.sbcglobal.net. [99.126.197.187]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w65sm37888785pfd.48.2016.10.15.20.13.16 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sat, 15 Oct 2016 20:13:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (nullmailer pid 3415 invoked by uid 1000); Sun, 16 Oct 2016 03:13:14 -0000 From: Erik Mackdanz To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Use brctl from bridge-utils or bridge from iproute2? In-Reply-To: <87vawt9eor.fsf@comms.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> References: <20161015234644.GG12322@g0n.xdwgrp> <87vawt9eor.fsf@comms.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.22.2 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 03:13:14 +0000 Message-ID: <87shrx9eb9.fsf@comms.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Archives-Salt: 1fe78d85-0ac8-42c1-a465-fde04b940ecf X-Archives-Hash: 198b408ca86d3c0a3305b9a0663d95c5 Erik Mackdanz writes: >> 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. > ip link set master br0 dev eth0 Sorry, that's half the story. To create the bridge: ip link add dev br0 type bridge You'll see the link type and all the bridge settings if you use the 'details' flag: ip -d link Erik