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-Bridging is supported in the current kernels from all the major distributors. The required administration utilities are in the bridge-utils package ​in most distributions. Latest releases at [[https://kernel.org/pub/linux/​utils/​net/​bridge-utils/​]],​ and historical releases are maintained at [[https://​sourceforge.net/​projects/​bridge/​files/]].+Note: **the bridge-utils package ​is DEPRECATED**,​ instead use the //bridge// command from [[networking/iproute2|iproute2]] package.
  
-You can also build your own up to date version by getting the latest kernel from [[https://​git.kernel.org/​pub/​scm/​linux/​kernel/​git/shemminger/​bridge-utils.git/​]] and build the utilities based from the source code in bridge-utils GIT repository.+Bridging is supported in the current kernels from all the major distributors. The required administration utilities are in the bridge-utils package in most distributions. All releases are archived at: https://​git.kernel.org/​pub/​scm/​network/​bridge/​bridge-utils.git/​refs/​tags , and latest at: https://​kernel.org/​pub/​linux/​utils/​net/​bridge-utils/​ 
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 +You can also build your own up to date version by getting the latest kernel from [[https://​git.kernel.org/​pub/​scm/​network/bridge/​bridge-utils.git/​]] and build the utilities based from the source code in bridge-utils GIT repository.
 <​code>​ <​code>​
- $ git clone git://​git.kernel.org/​pub/​scm/​linux/kernel/​git/​shemminger/​bridge-utils.git+ $ git clone -b main git://​git.kernel.org/​pub/​scm/​network/bridge/​bridge-utils.git
  $ cd bridge-utils  $ cd bridge-utils
  $ autoconf  $ autoconf
  $ ./​configure</​code>​  $ ./​configure</​code>​
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-Note: **the bridge-utils package is deprecated**,​ instead use the //bridge// command from [[networking/​iproute2|iproute2]] package. 
 =====Kernel Configuration===== =====Kernel Configuration=====
  
  
-You need to enable bridging in the kernel. Set "​networking -> 802.1d Ethernet Bridging"​ to either yes or module+You need to enable bridging in 
 + the kernel. Set "​networking -> 802.1d Ethernet Bridging"​ to either yes or module
  
 =====Manual Configuration===== =====Manual Configuration=====
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-The code is currently maintained by Stephen Hemminger[[shemminger@osdl.org]] ​for both 2.4 and 2.6 Linux.  ​Bridge bugs and enhancements are discussed on the Bridge ​mailing list [[bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org]]. The list is open to anyone interested, use the web mailman interface ​[[https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/​listinfo/​bridge]] to subscribe.+The code is currently maintained by Stephen Hemminger[[stephen@networkplumber.org]]. Bridge bugs and enhancements are discussed on the linux-netdev ​mailing list [[netdev@vger.kernel.org]]. The list is open to anyone interested[[http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#​netdev]]
  
 =====External Links===== =====External Links=====
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