Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:28:12 -0400 From: D'Arcy Cain <darcy@druid.net> To: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de>, John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When is a switch not a switch? Message-ID: <3ed627e2-d99a-107e-4135-8aef1ad4ec71@druid.net> In-Reply-To: <CF189122-7D85-4BF1-9172-75D3EE0E77FB@punkt.de> References: <57c32e6d-5572-3d3b-1a57-f3064bee7dc2@druid.net> <20201020065630.GE8272@funkthat.com> <CF189122-7D85-4BF1-9172-75D3EE0E77FB@punkt.de>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --XZaHDU8BE4nVQEEuPfpcac4ZRLhpHehuA Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="zr8W7hHxEaK1oUSYQwvvjOsG6khUiHsvO"; protected-headers="v1" From: D'Arcy Cain <darcy@druid.net> To: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de>, John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Message-ID: <3ed627e2-d99a-107e-4135-8aef1ad4ec71@druid.net> Subject: Re: When is a switch not a switch? References: <57c32e6d-5572-3d3b-1a57-f3064bee7dc2@druid.net> <20201020065630.GE8272@funkthat.com> <CF189122-7D85-4BF1-9172-75D3EE0E77FB@punkt.de> In-Reply-To: <CF189122-7D85-4BF1-9172-75D3EE0E77FB@punkt.de> --zr8W7hHxEaK1oUSYQwvvjOsG6khUiHsvO Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------1E688918B39FB62EB98A8A74" Content-Language: en-US This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1E688918B39FB62EB98A8A74 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 I did see that. Does that mean that I don't even need to create switches= at=20 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? --=20 D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 788 2246 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. IM: darcy@VybeNetworks.com, VoIP: sip:darcy@druid.net Disclaimer: By sending an email to ANY of my addresses you are agreeing that: 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient". 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it lends itself to. In particular, I may quote it where I please. 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of your company if I so wish. 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included or implied in your message. --------------1E688918B39FB62EB98A8A74-- --zr8W7hHxEaK1oUSYQwvvjOsG6khUiHsvO-- --XZaHDU8BE4nVQEEuPfpcac4ZRLhpHehuA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="OpenPGP_signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="OpenPGP_signature" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- wnsEABYIACMWIQSQJTNYM0vv3aTmBCs/5DDweYZnXQUCX46trAUDAAAAAAAKCRA/5DDweYZnXbDs AQDfyOH+ieUFHk7Ucsx7nOb/DHjR3utNTZ2FoRQxTqMg4gD8CfmP4pO7JwLhsNIGaLrBA0OnqNsR FLzLGrkmPBfseQI= =u6TP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XZaHDU8BE4nVQEEuPfpcac4ZRLhpHehuA--
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