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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 19:35:59 -0000 --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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-brid= ging.html >=20 > I did see that. Does that mean that I don't even need to create switches= at=20 > all? >=20 > > "If the bridge host needs an IP address, set it on the bridge interface= , not on the member interfaces." >=20 > 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. --=20 John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not." --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJfkI2KXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2MEI1RTRGMTNDNzYyMDZDNjEyMDBCNjAy MDVGMEIzM0REMDA2QURBAAoJECBfCzPdAGrakJYQAJyOeL1yvUVVGRgNm1KTy8qk wKTwp4pm9i5jVvoU4fIj/rrMsmXslSy/mObV+EEJZarQCid4r4g4n9sFEc0e4lYd L/cykoL8XFCLsWAiWQ6ImBb9yKvbGE28YyyjHHlA+f4o9OlCp8a4i1QvA4V5UQdb PsVOXB6RvsO4Zsc5sA8c9Qp91rWA8VsGLACQ2ZbW7gRCt1rxzFARhwo4ejQTaY7i coy2Xrp5rAdRRZFqbWZzy0UobbDZ5aQKadZsahoZZM7sffritYc3tTntwACDw3bI d51htTjAoH2CH+telhklJxzgnIi9ETnFsTRJPCjkF/qCce0XoN16TLdZ75C0a3md MPrIQq3nCEoRGCvGQjMoZurm5q0srgYDNxTzu5eMepywxcTkZVLauJLwCyZkg4wp zx55xQgdnU+iVOeW9Z3SLOppEM8GH3y6Gb4TAWjL6vgKn9z79aEd+3L6thTjYG/Z gPldm40a1cqgExAxk4x4NPGMZZOZcyO4Uwo71MKeQ6Gtt93mtwJmSf+tkknMHIxF gtwMCrElgjZz/1ost4gInAyqHDz1rK0H869oiEpU95dbyv9fR2ljL1Gu0vxZvA64 uUx31CaoQLrgY8aYEkMUovgmlPmGWI+L0R48kOYValgwA6IWYeOLUO+Essd+5hCL f1jrslIMTJ6UVnhF8q80 =hol4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ--