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When to assign Mac and IP addresses on bridge interface?
When your “primary” NIC is a member of the bridge, such that the bridge is your connectivity to the outside world. In this case, rather than assigning an ip address to (for example) eth0, you would assign it to the bridge device instead. If the bridge is not required for ip routing, then it doesn’t need an ip address.
Why do we need an IP address for a bridge?
I understand that the VM’s interface get’s an IP address and that the physical interface attached to the bridge has no IP address. This ensures that the VM’s Ip address is visible to the outside. In an server environment, I would only use static IP addressing for the VM’s.
Why would a layer 2 switch need an IP address?
Why would a Layer 2 switch need an IP address? to enable the switch to send broadcast frames to attached PCs to enable the switch to function as a default gateway to enable the switch to be managed remotely
Do you need an IP for a bridge in Linux?
You do not need to assign an IP to a Linux bridge. Here is an example of what it looks like in /etc/network/interfaces. br0 is the bridge, which is connected to the eth0 interface: Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu! Please be sure to answer the question.
How to add interfaces to a Linux bridge?
To add interfaces eth0 and eth1 to a bridge br0: To remove an interface eth0 to a bridge br0: It is worthwhile to note that a Linux bridge created by brctl is not persistent, meaning that any bridge created by brctl will automatically be destroyed upon boot.
How to configure an IP address for an interface?
Cisco routers are almost useless without an IP address configured on one or more of their interfaces. To configure an IP address for an interface, you can use the ip address ADDRESS SUBNET MASK interface mode command:
When do you do not need an IP address for a bridge?
A bridge does not require an ip address. There are many situations in which you won’t have one. However, in many cases you may have one, such as: When the bridge is acting as the default gateway for a group of containers or virtual machines (or even physical interfaces).