[Gllug] Bridge problems (Ubuntu)

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Tue, June 28, 2011 11:41 am, John Edwards wrote:
>
> Is there any mention of br0 in /etc/network/interfaces ?
>
> You seem to be using DHCP for eth0 and not br0, which means that
> when you create the br0 interface it has no IP address.

Yes, though surely that should not be a problem?

>
> Try something like:
> --------
> # The primary network interface
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet manual
>
> # Bridge primary and wireless network interfaces
> auto br0
> iface br0 inet dhcp
>       bridge_ports eth0 wlan0
>       bridge_stp on


I have tried something similar to this method too - with the same sort of
results ie no routing. But maybe have not specified eth0 as manual, so can
try that.

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