Hi all.<div><br></div><div>After configuring bridge device, I got this /etc/network/interfaces file:</div><div><br></div><div><div># cat /etc/network/interfaces </div><div># network interface settings</div><div>auto lo</div>
<div>iface lo inet loopback</div><div><br></div><div>iface eth0 inet manual</div><div><br></div><div>iface eth1 inet manual</div><div><br></div><div>auto dummy0</div><div>iface dummy0 inet manual</div><div><br></div><div>
auto vmbr0</div><div>iface vmbr0 inet static</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>address 172.21.43.99</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>netmask 255.255.255.128</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>gateway 172.21.43.1</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge_ports eth0</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge_stp off</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge_fd 0</div><div><br></div><div>auto vmbr1</div><div>iface vmbr1 inet manual</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge_ports eth1</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge_stp off</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge_fd 0</div><div><br></div><div>auto vmbr10</div><div>iface vmbr10 inet manual</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge_ports dummy0</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge_stp off</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge_fd 9</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge_hello 2</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge_maxage 12</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>But when I list the network devices with "ip" command, I get:</div>
<div><div># ip a</div><div>1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN </div><div> link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00</div><div> inet <a href="http://127.0.0.1/8">127.0.0.1/8</a> scope host lo</div>
<div> inet6 ::1/128 scope host </div><div> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever</div><div>2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000</div><div> link/ether 78:2b:cb:c2:97:42 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff</div>
<div> inet6 fe80::7a2b:cbff:fec2:9742/64 scope link </div><div> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever</div><div>3: eth1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000</div>
<div> link/ether 00:1b:21:c7:5d:f9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff</div><div>4: vmbr0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN </div><div> link/ether 78:2b:cb:c2:97:42 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff</div>
<div> inet <a href="http://172.21.43.99/25">172.21.43.99/25</a> brd 172.21.43.127 scope global vmbr0</div><div> inet6 fe80::7a2b:cbff:fec2:9742/64 scope link </div><div> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever</div>
<div>5: vmbr1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN </div><div> link/ether 00:1b:21:c7:5d:f9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff</div><div> inet6 fe80::21b:21ff:fec7:5df9/64 scope link </div>
<div> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever</div><div>6: vmbr10: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN </div><div> link/ether 9e:72:76:16:38:31 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff</div>
<div> inet6 fe80::9c72:76ff:fe16:3831/64 scope link </div><div> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever</div><div>7: dummy0: <BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN </div><div> link/ether 9e:72:76:16:38:31 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff</div>
<div> inet6 fe80::9c72:76ff:fe16:3831/64 scope link </div><div> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever</div><div>8: venet0: <BROADCAST,POINTOPOINT,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN </div>
<div> link/void </div><div> inet6 fe80::1/128 scope link </div><div> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever</div><div>9: tap101i0d0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 500</div>
<div> link/ether 8a:df:d7:0c:64:d9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff</div><div> inet6 fe80::88df:d7ff:fe0c:64d9/64 scope link </div><div> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever</div><div>10: tap101i1d0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 500</div>
<div> link/ether fa:2c:04:a7:70:e6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff</div><div> inet6 fe80::f82c:4ff:fea7:70e6/64 scope link </div><div> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever</div><div>11: tap101i10d0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 500</div>
<div> link/ether ee:4a:87:0b:2e:cc brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff</div><div> inet6 fe80::ec4a:87ff:fe0b:2ecc/64 scope link </div><div> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever</div><div>12: tap102i10d0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 500</div>
<div> link/ether 6a:69:c8:b1:cd:13 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff</div><div> inet6 fe80::6869:c8ff:feb1:cd13/64 scope link </div><div> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>DMESG also lists at it's end:</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>FS-Cache: Loaded</div><div>FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching</div><div>nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max)</div><div>tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6</div>
<div>tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <<a href="mailto:maxk@qualcomm.com">maxk@qualcomm.com</a>></div><div>device tap101i0d0 entered promiscuous mode</div><div>vmbr0: port 2(tap101i0d0) entering forwarding state</div>
<div>device tap101i1d0 entered promiscuous mode</div><div>vmbr1: port 2(tap101i1d0) entering forwarding state</div><div>device tap101i10d0 entered promiscuous mode</div><div>vmbr10: port 2(tap101i10d0) entering learning state</div>
<div>device tap102i10d0 entered promiscuous mode</div><div>vmbr10: port 3(tap102i10d0) entering learning state</div><div>dummy0: no IPv6 routers present</div><div>vmbr0: no IPv6 routers present</div><div>eth0: no IPv6 routers present</div>
<div>vmbr1: no IPv6 routers present</div><div>vmbr10: no IPv6 routers present</div><div>warning: `ntpd' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)</div><div>venet0: no IPv6 routers present</div><div>vmbr10: port 2(tap101i10d0) entering forwarding state</div>
<div>vmbr10: port 3(tap102i10d0) entering forwarding state</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>tap101i0d0: no IPv6 routers present</div><div>tap101i10d0: no IPv6 routers present</div><div>tap102i10d0: no IPv6 routers present</div>
<div>tap101i1d0: no IPv6 routers present</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I would like someone to help me and point what I did wrong to enable these "venet" and "tap10*" devices (device 8 up to 12). </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for helping.</div><div><br clear="all">Gilberto Martins<br><br>
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