Hi! The: /usr/share/doc/netifrc-0.4.0/net.example.bz2 from 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="eth0 eth1" ... et cetera ... 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: 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! -- Miroslav Rovis Zagreb, Croatia http://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr
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