9.5. Ethernet Bridge Configuration Using iproute
9.5. Ethernet Bridge Configuration Using iproute The iproute package can be used as an alternative to the bridge-utils. It allows to set bridge port options such as priority , cost or state . To set port options for an interface enp1s0 assigned to a bridge device, using the ip utility, issue the following command as root : To select the available options, using the ip utility, issue the following command as root : For more details on the port options, see the ip-link(8) man page.
~]# ip link set enp1s0 type bridge_slave option ~]# ip link help bridge_slave Usage: ... bridge_slave [ state STATE ] [ priority PRIO ] [cost COST ] [ guard {on | off} ] [ hairpin {on | off} ] [ fastleave {on | off} ] [ root_block {on | off} ] [ learning {on | off} ] [ flood {on | off} ]