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IP_CREATE_BR(1)              Retro Project Manual              IP_CREATE_BR(1)


NAME
       ip_create_br - create bridge and re-connect ethernet interface

SYNOPSIS
       ip_create_br

DESCRIPTION
       This  script expects a default single Ethernet interface setup, creates
       a bridge named 'br0', and re-connects the Ethernet  interface  to  this
       bridge.

       The  script  bails out gracefully in case 'br0' already exists. In not,
       it determines the name of the Ethernet interface,  accepting  both  old
       'eth*'  and new 'en*' naming, and verifies that it is a single Ethernet
       configuration.  Then it creates a bridge device named 'br0' and re-con-
       nects  the physical Ethernet interface to the bridge, preserving all IP
       addresses and routes.

       This script is part of setting up tap devices with ip_create_tap(1) but
       can be used independently.

       The script should be started as a normal user, but uses sudo(8) to exe-
       cute privileged commands, and might therefore ask for  the  user  pass-
       word.

SEE ALSO
       ip_create_tap(1)


AUTHOR
       Walter F.J. Mueller <W.F.J.Mueller@gsi.de>


Retro Project                     2017-04-14                   IP_CREATE_BR(1)