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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] VIF setup
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 08:40:08PM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Adam Sulmicki wrote: > > /sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up > > Am I the only person who sees this as a tad odd? I can't escape thinking > about a real bridge. Seems to me each eth or vif you add to a bridge > should retain its IP and the bridge, basically being a device that does > mac-layer routing, has no IP. Actually, if you think about it, it makes complete sense. I really can't imagine a switch where each port has it's own IP address. The switch itself having an IP address on the other hand is perfectly reasonable, as in the case of a managed switch. > I guess this is an artifact of how it is implemented? I think it'd be wierd if it worked any other way, taking the above into account. J -- Jody Belka knew (at) pimb (dot) org ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
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