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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
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  • Bridges originally sererated collision domains. In modern networking they are usually just extending a network segment. – Tim_Stewart Mar 05 '18 at 18:01
  • @Tim_Stewart But what is the connection to a slave/master relationship? – Somenath Sinha Mar 05 '18 at 18:09
  • 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 Mar 05 '18 at 18:12

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