Richard, After rebooting a second time, eth1 isn't appearing in the routing tabel any longer. The bridge seems to be working perfectly now! However, I'm not able to retreive any DHCP offers. I did some packet monitoring: br0 1 0.000000000 fe80::20a:e4ff:feae:7e4c ff02::2 ICMPv6 Router solicitation 2 24.824098000 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0xa117a72 3 28.824043000 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0xa117a72 4 33.685106000 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 5 33.688946000 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 6 33.692700000 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 7 33.698081000 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 8 33.701656000 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 9 33.705492000 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 10 33.708885000 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 11 33.712502000 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 12 33.716242000 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 13 33.719929000 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 14 38.824050000 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0xa117a72 15 48.824039000 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0xa117a72 16 56.768033000 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 169.254.7.81? Tell 0.0.0.0 17 57.992048000 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 169.254.7.81? Tell 0.0.0.0 18 59.019954000 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 169.254.7.81? Tell 0.0.0.0 19 61.020124000 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Gratuitous ARP for 169.254.7.81 (Request) 20 62.004532000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<20> 21 62.004582000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<03> 22 62.004615000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<00> 23 62.004647000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB MSHOME<00> 24 62.004679000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB MSHOME<1e> 25 62.004775000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 BROWSER Host Announcement BACARDI, Workstation, Server, Print Queue Server, Xenix Server, NT Workstation, NT Server, Potential Browser, Unknown server type:23 26 63.023921000 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Gratuitous ARP for 169.254.7.81 (Request) 27 64.003996000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<20> 28 64.004033000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<03> 29 64.004054000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<00> 30 64.004075000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB MSHOME<00> 31 64.004097000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB MSHOME<1e> 32 64.004156000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<20> 33 64.004179000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<03> 34 64.004200000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<00> 35 64.004220000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB MSHOME<00> 36 64.004240000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB MSHOME<1e> 37 65.127895000 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 195.130.129.165? Tell 169.254.7.81 38 66.004121000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<20> 39 66.004177000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<03> 40 66.004197000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<00> 41 66.004219000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB MSHOME<00> 42 66.004239000 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB MSHOME<1e> 43 66.127931000 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 195.130.129.165? Tell 169.254.7.81 44 67.127989000 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 195.130.129.165? Tell 169.254.7.81 45 70.127967000 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 195.130.130.165? Tell 169.254.7.81 46 71.128025000 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 195.130.130.165? Tell 169.254.7.81 eth0 1 0.000000 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 192.168.1.1? Tell 192.168.1.112 2 19.840146 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0x8537ad48 3 24.840168 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0x8537ad48 4 38.840099 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0x8537ad48 5 45.513321 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 6 45.516537 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 7 45.520384 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 8 45.524058 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 9 45.527325 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 10 45.530872 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 11 45.534676 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 12 45.538019 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 13 45.541774 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 14 45.545417 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 15 45.549231 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 16 51.412036 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 169.254.7.81? Tell 0.0.0.0 17 53.360036 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 169.254.7.81? Tell 0.0.0.0 18 54.716034 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 169.254.7.81? Tell 0.0.0.0 19 56.716135 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Gratuitous ARP for 169.254.7.81 (Request) 20 58.716070 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Gratuitous ARP for 169.254.7.81 (Request) 21 60.775980 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 195.130.129.165? Tell 169.254.7.81 eth1 1 0.000000 fe80::215:ff:fe1f:20a6 ff02::2 ICMPv6 Router solicitation 2 25.983879 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0xe2640e1c 3 30.983864 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0xe2640e1c 4 32.949057 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 5 32.952404 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 6 32.957215 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 7 32.960893 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 8 32.964222 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 9 32.970023 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 10 32.973868 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 11 32.977056 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 12 32.981455 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 13 32.985056 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 14 32.988717 192.168.1.1 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1 15 44.983895 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0xe2640e1c 16 54.983846 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0xe2640e1c 17 57.199856 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 169.254.7.81? Tell 0.0.0.0 18 58.967801 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 169.254.7.81? Tell 0.0.0.0 19 60.039785 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 169.254.7.81? Tell 0.0.0.0 20 62.039897 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Gratuitous ARP for 169.254.7.81 (Request) 21 64.039860 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Gratuitous ARP for 169.254.7.81 (Request) 22 66.107737 Wistron_ae:7e:4c Broadcast ARP Who has 195.130.129.165? Tell 169.254.7.81 23 66.164183 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<20> 24 66.164203 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<03> 25 66.164222 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB BACARDI<00> 26 66.164241 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB MSHOME<00> 27 66.164258 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 NBNS Registration NB MSHOME<1e> 28 66.164314 169.254.7.81 169.254.255.255 BROWSER Host Announcement BACARDI, Workstation, Server, Print Queue Server, Xenix Server, NT Workstation, NT Server, Potential Browser, Unknown server type:23 You can see the DHCP discovers, but nobody's answering richardvoigt@gmail.com schreef: > Do some packet monitoring on your wireless network to see if the DHCP > request is going out over the air... your problems stem from not > getting a DHCP address. At first I thought the address given to eth1 > might be interfering with br0... but it seems not. > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Jochen Hebbrecht > > wrote: > > > > Ross Vandegrift schreef: > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 02:52:10PM +0200, Jochen Hebbrecht wrote: > > > Okay, thnx! > Just a small question, I think I need to configure eth0 > and eth1 to > manual? And not to DHCP? > > Like this: > ---------------------------------------- > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet manual > > auto eth1 > iface eth1 inet manual > ---------------------------------------- > > > > Ah - I missed that. Yes, you definitely want to set the member > interfaces to manual. > > > The thing I don't understand then: if you execute a > dhclient on br0, > how does br0 know the configuration of eth1? Because > there's a WPA2 > configuration on it. Will it use that settings too while > bridging? > > > > I'll be honest, I'm not sure - I've never done that with > wpa_supplicant and the debian tools. You might need to activate > wpa_supplicant in the pre-up for br0. > > Check out the manpage for interfaces - it may have more details. > > > > Ok, I made it myself a little easier by temporarly switching from > WPA2 to unsecure wireless networking. > > I'm having the following configuration: > > Code: > > > to lo > iface lo inet loopback > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet manual > > auto eth1 > iface eth1 inet manual > wireless-essid ##MY-ESSID## > wireless-mode managed > > auto br0 > > iface br0 inet dhcp > bridge_ports eth0, eth1 > > When I reboot, my interfaces are getting the following config: > > Code: > > > br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0a:e4:ae:7e:4c > inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e4ff:feae:7e4c/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:87 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:17544 (17.1 KB) > TX bytes:3744 (3.6 KB) > > > br0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0a:e4:ae:7e:4c > inet addr:169.254.7.81 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0a:e4:ae:7e:4c > inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e4ff:feae:7e4c/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1770 (1.7 > KB) TX bytes:23069 (22.5 KB) > > Interrupt:20 Base address:0xc000 > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:00:1f:20:a6 > inet addr:192.168.1.111 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > > inet6 addr: fe80::215:ff:fe1f:20a6/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:223 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:99 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:18762 (18.3 > KB) TX bytes:8392 (8.1 KB) > Interrupt:21 Base address:0xa000 Memory:c8006000-c8006fff > lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 > Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:1879 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:1879 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:94956 (92.7 KB) > TX bytes:94956 (92.7 KB > > The bridge looks ok: > > Code: > > jochus@Bacardi ~ $ sudo brctl show br0 > [sudo] password for jochus: bridge name bridge id > STP enabled interfaces > br0 8000.000ae4ae7e4c no eth0 > eth1 > > My routing table looks like this: > > Code: > > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref > Use Iface > 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 > 0 eth1 > > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 > 0 br0 > 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 > 0 eth1 > 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 1000 0 > 0 br0 > > But I'm not able to ping my router ... > > Code: > > PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > From 192.168.1.111 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable > From 192.168.1.111 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable > From 192.168.1.111 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable > > --- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics --- > 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, > time 4018ms > > I don't understand why eth1 is in my routing table. It shouldn't > be I guess? > Anybody some idea's? > >