I'm not sure whether the original poster is asking the difference between OVS and the Linux bridge or between a bridge and a switch. In the latter case:
Q: I thought Open vSwitch was a virtual Ethernet switch, but the documentation keeps talking about bridges. What's a bridge? A: In networking, the terms "bridge" and "switch" are synonyms. Open vSwitch implements an Ethernet switch, which means that it is also an Ethernet bridge. On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 08:53:02AM -0800, Jesse Gross wrote: > It's the same. > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:36 PM, APURVA PATIL <apurva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And how does that occur in Bridge networking ?? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com> wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 7:48 PM, APURVA PATIL <apurva...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > On establishing the open-vSwitch connection on the host , I have a doubt > >> > in > >> > properly understanding the folloowing problems : > >> > > >> > I am not getting the networking details how does the host gets Internet > >> > connectivity even when the eth0 gets an IP of 0.0.0.0? > >> > Is it through br0? > >> > >> Yes. > >> > >> > What doe up while specifying eth0 to become 0.0.0.0 specify ? > >> > How does that actually work? > >> > And how do the VMs get the Internet connectivity just by enabling the > >> > option > >> > to connect to the bridge during its installation? > >> > Means how does the VMs also get IP addresses? > >> > Networking part is not at all understood. > >> > >> OVS is operating as a layer 2 switch. The various IP stacks of the > >> host and VMs connect to ports on the switch, just like in the physical > >> world. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Apurva Shirish Patil > > B.Tech(I.T.) > > CoEP > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
