# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| bridge-utils: bridge-utils (network Ethernet bridging utilities) bridge-utils: bridge-utils: This package contains utilities for configuring Linux Ethernet bridge-utils: bridges. The Linux Ethernet bridge can be used for connecting bridge-utils: multiple Ethernet devices together. The connecting is fully bridge-utils: transparent. Hosts connected to one Ethernet device see hosts bridge-utils: connected through a bridge to the other Ethernet devices directly. bridge-utils: bridge-utils: bridge-utils was written by Stephen Hemminger and Lennert Buytenhek. bridge-utils: bridge-utils: