Speech:Speech:Spring 2015 Experiment Group Bridge

zypper install bridge-utils
 * Install the bridging utility

brctl addbr br0
 * Add a new bridge

brctl addif br0 eth0 eth1 brctl show ip link set br0 down ip link set br0 up nano /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-br0 Add the following text to this file BOOTPROTO=static BRIDGE='yes' BRIDGE_FORWARDDELAY='0' BRIDGE_PORTS='eth0 eth1' BRIDGE_STP='off' BROADCAST='' ETHOO_OPTIONS='' IPADDR= MTU='' NAME='' NETWORK='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='auto' USERCONTROL='no'
 * Add the two network cards to the bridge
 * Show current bridges
 * Bring the device down and up for changes to take effect.
 * To permanently configure the bridge open the bridge configuration file.

brctl delif br0 eth0 eth1
 * To remove interfaces from the bridge