Editing Brctl

<code>brctl</code><ref>https://linux.die.net/man/8/brctl</ref> commands allows ethernet bridge administration in [[Linux]]. It is included in <code>[[bridge-utils]]</code> package in Ubuntu.


* <code>[[brctl addif]]</code>


== Commands ==

 brctl show
 bridge name	bridge id		STP enabled	interfaces
 virbr0		8000.325400810bc6	yes		virbr0-nic

 
 bridge name	bridge id		STP enabled	interfaces
 docker0		8000.02429250bfb7	no		
 virbr0		8000.525400a300b0	yes		virbr0-nic
 virbr1		8000.525400999cef	yes		virbr1-nic

<pre>
brctl
Usage: brctl [commands]
commands:
	addbr     	<bridge>		add bridge
	delbr     	<bridge>		delete bridge
	addif     	<bridge> <device>	add interface to bridge
	delif     	<bridge> <device>	delete interface from bridge
	hairpin   	<bridge> <port> {on|off}	turn hairpin on/off
	setageing 	<bridge> <time>		set ageing time
	setbridgeprio	<bridge> <prio>		set bridge priority
	setfd     	<bridge> <time>		set bridge forward delay
	sethello  	<bridge> <time>		set hello time
	setmaxage 	<bridge> <time>		set max message age
	setpathcost	<bridge> <port> <cost>	set path cost
	setportprio	<bridge> <port> <prio>	set port priority
	show      	[ <bridge> ]		show a list of bridges
	showmacs  	<bridge>		show a list of mac addrs
	showstp   	<bridge>		show bridge stp info
	stp       	<bridge> {on|off}	turn stp on/off
</pre>


== Related commands ==
* <code>[[virsh net-info]]</code>
* <code>[[virsh net-edit]]</code>
* [[virbr]], [[ens]]
* [[MacVTap]] virtualized bridged networking
* [[Multipass releases|Multipass]] bridged support

== See also ==
* {{brctl}}
* [[KVM]]: <code>[[virsh net-list]]</code>
* {{STP}}
* {{Bridge}}
* {{Ethernet}}

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