Bridge Required?

[vstman]

Playing with vlans. Is a Bridge require when creating a vlan? My current config has no bridge and I am playing with the vlan option. Most examples have the vlan on a separate Ethernet port and bridge it to the Master or other port as a means of providing a routing path for the vlan.

I have a 750UP. eth2 is the WAN. Eth3-5 are not bridged, but are assigned as eth3 as Master. Everything I program is pointed at the Master eht3.

To add a vlan: creat the vlan and point at eth3Master. Is a Bridge required or does the simple fact that I created the vlan on the Master port route it to eth3-5?

I guess I’m not sure of what the Bridge and when to use it.

[jandafields]

@vstman

Playing with vlans. Is a Bridge require when creating a vlan? My current config has no bridge and I am playing with the vlan option. Most examples have the vlan on a separate Ethernet port and bridge it to the Master or other port as a means of providing a routing path for the vlan.

I have a 750UP. eth2 is the WAN. Eth3-5 are not bridged, but are assigned as eth3 as Master. Everything I program is pointed at the Master eht3.

To add a vlan: creat the vlan and point at eth3Master. Is a Bridge required or does the simple fact that I created the vlan on the Master port route it to eth3-5?

I guess I’m not sure of what the Bridge and when to use it.

No, don’t use a bridge unless you actually want to bridge multiple things together. Bridge is NOT routing.

You can route between networks and not use a bridge at all… it all depends on what you are trying to do.