From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:03:54 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger Message-ID: <20080815150354.6fcf7510@extreme> In-Reply-To: <30CDFF93154A1B47814BD152CC5F9201089E4C73@YTMAIL.youtravel.local> References: <30CDFF93154A1B47814BD152CC5F9201089E4C73@YTMAIL.youtravel.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Bridge] Bridging under vmware esx 3.0 List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Elias Chatzigeorgiou Cc: bridge@linuxfoundation.org On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:50:05 +0300 "Elias Chatzigeorgiou" wrote: > Hello, > I tried to setup a bridge in a (debian-based) virtual machine using esx server. I added two nics on my vm connected then in two different networks and used the bridge utility (brctl) to bridge them. I gave the bridge an ip address so that it would be visible from the network. > > I can access both networks from that vm, and machines on both networks can access the vm. > > BUT PACKETS from net1 do not reach net2 and vise-versa. > > I have no ip/ebtable rules and /proc/sys/net/bridge/* files are set to zero. > > As a last check, I used tcpdump to dump packets comming from e.g. the net1 to the attached nic (eth0) and they seem to reach only if eth0 is not part of the bridge. > > PLEASE ADVISE. > > Thanks > Elias Chatzigeorgiou Vmware has their own bridge stuff, and is proprietary, ask them.