> On 10/24/15 06:46, Reyk Floeter wrote: > > vether doesn't help as it is not transmitting any traffic. > > in other words, "vether is a bridge endpoint" "pair is a bridge link" > This may be a dead topic, but doesn't bridge_output() transmit for > vether(4)? > Or am I missing the point entirely? > > pair(4) does look very useful as a "cable". I just wonder why bridge(4) > doesn't act more like a physical switch which would accept the single > endpoint of a vether(4)
That is answered in the manual page.