John Hunt wrote:
> root@feeg:~# /etc/init.d/networking restart
>
>
> root@feeg:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
>
> root@feeg:~# ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E4:35:08:A3
> inet addr:192.168.1.249 Bcast:192.168.1.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e4ff:fe35:8a3/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:338 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:5492 (5.3 KB) TX bytes:40143 (39.2 KB)
> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:F0:B6:67:38
> inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::212:f0ff:feb6:6738/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:4
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:1599819821 (1.4 GB) TX bytes:75852497 (72.3 MB)
> Interrupt:11 Memory:d0200000-d0200fff
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:56002 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:56002 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:8693378 (8.2 MB) TX bytes:8693378 (8.2 MB)
>
> Not too sure how my eth0 picked up an address like that, but hey!
>
> root@feeg:~# brctl addbr mybridge
> root@feeg:~# brctl addif mybridge eth0
> root@feeg:~# brctl addif mybridge eth1
> root@feeg:~# brctl show
> bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
> mybridge 8000.000ae43508a3 no eth0
> eth1
> Seems in order..
> However, my laptop now has no connectivity! I can't ping my router
> (192.168.1.1) etc. I'm not sure about pinging the debian box (it's
> totally headless) as I don't know it's IP address.
>
> Here's an output of route after the above commands:
> root@feeg:~# route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> eth1
> 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> eth0
> link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0
> eth0
> default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
> eth1
> default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0
> eth0
>
> I'm not sure what's going on, but it seems as soon as I bring up the
> bridge connectivity just goes.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks very much in advance!
>
> John.
>
>
No ideas yet... I started dabbling with bridges for the first time
yesterday (for the purposes of networking into a VirtualBox VM), and had
the same experience: the bridge worked fine (I could ssh into and out of
the VM), but normal networking for the host was totally messed up. Even
after taking the bridge away, I had to reboot to get back on the internet.
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
