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=Overview=
=Overview=
brctl is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the ethernet bridge configuration in the linux kernel. An ethernet bridge is a device commonly used to connect different networks of ethernets together, so that these ethernets will appear as one ethernet to the participants. Each  of  the  ethernets  being  connected  corresponds to one physical interface in the bridge. These individual ethernets are bundled into one bigger ('logical') ethernet, this bigger ethernet corresponds to the bridge network interface.
=Installation=
yum install bridge-utils


=Commands=
=Commands=


==show==
==show==
The command brctl show shows all current instances of the ethernet bridge.

Latest revision as of 16:51, 30 April 2018

Internal

Overview

brctl is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the ethernet bridge configuration in the linux kernel. An ethernet bridge is a device commonly used to connect different networks of ethernets together, so that these ethernets will appear as one ethernet to the participants. Each of the ethernets being connected corresponds to one physical interface in the bridge. These individual ethernets are bundled into one bigger ('logical') ethernet, this bigger ethernet corresponds to the bridge network interface.

Installation

yum install bridge-utils

Commands

show

The command brctl show shows all current instances of the ethernet bridge.