Ports do not support bridging?

[Ed Lo]

Hello,

I'm using a 1941w router and recently added a EHWIC-D-8ESG-P which has 8 ports. I had planned on splitting them into 2 different wired networks. To do this I was going to bridge 4 ports together. I attempted this with the 2 ports that the 1941w router comes with and that was successful. When I try the same thing with the new ports it will say that it does not support bridging. Does this card not support it or is there a different method for these?

Part:

https://www.amazon.com/Cisco-EHWIC-D-8ESG-Enhanced-High-Speed-Interface/dp/B0046OSAJ4

Commands I used for the 2 ports on the 1941w router:

bridge irb
interface gigabitethernet0/0
no ip address
bridge-group 5
interface gigabitethernet0/1
no ip address
bridge-group 5

interface BVI5
ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
bridge 5 route ip

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

Bridging is usually done on router ports. As for the 8 port EHWIC, you can create one or multiple vlans and add the ports to the vlans you want. Think of it as a layer-2 switch.

HTH

[Ed Lo]

How do I add ports to a vlan? I've looked this up and it generally uses the commands 

interface fastethernet 0/1

switchport access vlan 3

I've tried this and it doesn't work since most people seem to be using a switch.

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

Have a look at the config guide.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/interfaces/software/feature/guide/geshwic_cfg.pdf

HTH