Re: networking oddities, present status ? changeset: 7145:71466686d026

[Ted Kaczmarek <tedkaz@optonline.net>]

> .
> 
> I have been experiencing some oddities as well.  Xen/bridge networking works 
> on some switches, but not on others.  Also if I have one host with a domU 
> communicating to another host, an unrelated host (with xen) will sometimes 
> get "peth0: received packet with  own address as source address" error 
> messages.  I have to wonder if all these bridges on the xen equipped hosts 
> need unique MAC addresses (they all have fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff)
> 
> -Andrew

Only the bridge that xend brings up automatically is getting that mac in
my setup. The other two bridges I have use the mac address of the
ethernet they are a slave to. I am using FC4 domO.

I would think the bridge should always grab the mac address of the
ethernet is is a slave too, the dom0 than gets treated just like any
other managed bridge device, clean and simple. 

I suspect their may be a good reason for this, just beyond my scope of
knowledge.


Regards,
Ted