[ovs-discuss] Newbie Questions

[Ben Pfaff]

How what?

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:20:16PM +0200, Arindam Choudhury wrote:
> but how?
> 
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 08:42:51PM +0200, Arindam Choudhury wrote:
> > > How IP addresses are manipulated in Open Vswitch?
> >
> > With "ifconfig" or "ip", normally.
> >
> > > If I create virtual machines connected to br0. There IP address will also
> > > be in the same subnet of  XX.XX.XX.XX.?
> >
> > They don't have to be.
> >
> > > For a different subnet, do I have to create another bridge?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > > Is it required for every bridge to ported to a physical NIC?
> >
> > If you want the bridge to be able to pass along packets to a physical
> > NIC.
> >
> > > Can I create a DHCP server in Open Vswitch?
> >
> > You can use DHCP with Open vSwitch.
> >