From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 References: <87skv27wiv.fsf@q-software-solutions.de> <20080624093133.6f2b896b@extreme> From: Friedrich Dominicus Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:38:48 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20080624093133.6f2b896b@extreme> (Stephen Hemminger's message of "Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:31:33 -0700") Message-ID: <87fxr16h9j.fsf@q-software-solutions.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Bridge] Bridge troubles List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org Stephen Hemminger writes: > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:11:36 +0200 > Friedrich Dominicus 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=20 >> inet Adresse:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Maske:255.255.2= 55.0 >> inet6-Adresse: fe80::21d:7dff:fed1:6bd/64 >> G=FCltigkeitsbereich: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. 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 Regards Friedrich