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I was going through some instructional materials that show how to set up a master/slave relation on a linux virtual bridge, and while the mechanics of setting up a bridge in this way are clear, I can't understand what exactly it does.
What is the use of master and slave ports, and why do we use it?
Somenath Sinha
Posted 2018-03-05T06:42:06.663
Reputation: 141
Bridges originally sererated collision domains. In modern networking they are usually just extending a network segment. – Tim_Stewart – 2018-03-05T18:01:22.477
@Tim_Stewart But what is the connection to a slave/master relationship? – Somenath Sinha – 2018-03-05T18:09:38.513
I think it depends on the context. The only hierarchy I know of for bridging or switching, would be spanning tree protocol (stp). Which stops bridging/switching loops. – Tim_Stewart – 2018-03-05T18:12:38.150