Re: [Bridge] Packet reflection breaks Linux bridge

[Thomas Glanzmann <thomas@glanzmann.de>]

Hello Stephan,

> Bridging doesn't like loops, and you have created a loop.

I agree. It was actually a Microsoft Load Balancing cluster that created
the loop. Michael told me that the physical switch works because it:

        a) broadcasts
        b) sends it to both ports.

> If you are goin to mess around using ebtables, just write another rule
> to drop the reflections.

Michael said that ebtables only after the bridge has seen the packets
and so is not applicable. Is that true? So should I use arptables. I
tried to block the looped packages by:

        - iptables
        - arptables
        - eptables

But somehow I never made it. Do you have an example for me or can tell
me which of the 3 tools should work, so that I can try again. The NATing
fought the symptoms of my problem.

Cheers,
        Thomas