Linux Bridge – How it works
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Linux Bridge – How it works
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Re: Linux Bridge – How it works
#2Also check out Open vSwitch http://openvswitch.org/
We use it to add bridged adapters with VLAN tags to our hypervisors
Re: Linux Bridge – How it works
#3Also check out Open vSwitch http://openvswitch.org/ We use it to add bridged adapters with VLAN tags to our hypervisors
Yeah, it's pretty neat as well.
Re: Linux Bridge – How it works
#4This would have been a nice link to have back when I was building my own Linux-routers.
Very well written, and I like how he used strace on all those examples.
Re: Linux Bridge – How it works
#5This only works with dedicated hardware, right? I can't just take an arbitrary board like the raspberry pi and do this?
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#6This only works with dedicated hardware, right? I can't just take an arbitrary board like the raspberry pi and do this?
It's a linux software bridge, and should work on raspberry pi.
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#7This only works with dedicated hardware, right? I can't just take an arbitrary board like the raspberry pi and do this?
It's a linux software bridge, and should work on raspberry pi.
Yep. Just finished teaching a networking course using the pi as the basis for labs and projects. Had a scenario that required students to set up a bridge. Just plug in a couple of usb network adapters.
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#8This only works with dedicated hardware, right? I can't just take an arbitrary board like the raspberry pi and do this?
It's a linux software bridge, and should work on raspberry pi.
Bridge works very well on a RaspberryPi within the physical hardware limits.
An example using bridge to packet capture. https://github.com/williamknows/PiTap
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#9You would probably prefer the netlink interface these days over the old ioctl interface to configure bridges. But for an introduction the older one is probably easier to explain.
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#10This only works with dedicated hardware, right? I can't just take an arbitrary board like the raspberry pi and do this?
No dedicated hardware required. Bridges can be placed on virtual interfaces. You often see this happen with things like VMs and containers but you don't even need that specifically.