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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:08:35 -0600
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From: Robert LeBlanc <robert@leblancnet.us>
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Subject: Re: [Bridge] Bridging vSwitches in VMwares ESXi
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On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Ryan King <ryank@globaldial.com> wrote:

> I've also had the exact same issues. =A0However, if I move one of the vNI=
Cs to
> a vSwitch using a different physical nic, then the issue seems to go away=
.

In my experience, as long as you only have on pNIC per vSwitch, it
works just fine. As soon as you add a second pNIC to the vSwitch, it
creates a loop and confuses the linux bridge (you can watch the MAC
bounce between ports if you do a standard ping from one machine and a
broadcast ping from another machine). We were using Broadcom NICs.


Robert LeBlanc
Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support
Brigham Young University