Do I need a Linux Bridge or Bond

[eandwal]

I'm using an opnsense VM with a WAN and LAN port.

I need an extra two ethernet ports for a Windows laptop and a Lexmark network printer but don't want to add a separately powered ethernet switch.
I'm looking to buy a dual port gigabit ethernet PCI Express NIC cheaply from ebay to add to my Proxmox server.

I want my laptop and printer to be able to access my existing sole Lan and also access the internet.

Do I setup the two new gigabit ports as Linux Bridge or Linux Bond and if setting each as a bridge do I configure the IPV4/CIDR and Gateway or leave those fields blank?
If configuring ip addresses for these two gigabit ports, do I need to make sure they are outside of the opnsense dhcp allocation or reserve them as static entries in opnsense?

Thanks.

 

[Dunuin]

Do I setup the two new gigabit ports as Linux Bridge or Linux Bond

bridge

if setting each as a bridge do I configure the IPV4/CIDR and Gateway or leave those fields blank?

blank

If configuring ip addresses for these two gigabit ports, do I need to make sure they are outside of the opnsense dhcp allocation or reserve them as static entries in opnsense?

As you like. In case of DHCP client a static allocation in OPNsense.
In case of a static IP it should be outsite of your DHCP server IP range.