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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:06:33 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bridge] Bridge troubles
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To: Friedrich Dominicus <frido@q-software-solutions.de>
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:38:48 +0200
Friedrich Dominicus <frido@q-software-solutions.de> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> writes:
>=20
> > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:11:36 +0200
> > Friedrich Dominicus <frido@q-software-solutions.de> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm sorry to bother you but I'm stuck
> >>=20
> >> I can not make a bridge work for me.=20
> >> My current configuration is:
> >> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  Hardware Adresse 00:1d:7d:d1:06:bd =20
> >>           inet Adresse:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Maske:255.255=
.255.0
> >>           inet6-Adresse: fe80::21d:7dff:fed1:6bd/64
> >> G=C3=BCltigkeitsbereich:V
> >>=20
> >> according to all what I could find in the net. The following should do
> >> to build a bridge=20
> >> ifconfig eth0 down
> >> # brctl addbr br0
> >> # addif br0 eth0
> >> # ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up
> >> # ifconfig  br0 192.168.1.1 up
> Ok, I tried exactly the same on  32-bit linux and there this simply
> runs.
>=20
> So I have to conclude that this either is a problem in my 64-bit machine
> setup (however I tried on a different 64-bit platform with the same
> result)=20
> Of that there is some bug on a 64-bit platform
>=20
> Regards
> Friedrich
>=20
>=20
>=20

Or different hardware on the two machines?