I defined a bridge device br0 for use with my virtual machines and added eno1 to it, works nicely. The IP addresses are assigned to the bridge device.
ip addr show br0
4: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 7c:83:34:b0:e7:c8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.99.100.114/24 brd 10.99.100.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute br0
valid_lft 83397sec preferred_lft 72597sec
inet6 2a02:908:695:6880:7e83:34ff:feb0:e7c8/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr
valid_lft 85891sec preferred_lft 13891sec
inet6 fe80::7e83:34ff:feb0:e7c8/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
bridge link
2: eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 master br0 state forwarding priority 32 cost 4
The GNOME desktop bar contains a control showing audio volume, network status and power control. With eno1 disconnected (although bridged) it’s confusing. Even worse: If I activate the network interface from that control I break the bridge config.
Is there a smarter way? Can I have br0 show up in that control? Can’t seem to find it anywhere.