From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:17:24 -0600 Message-ID: From: Robert LeBlanc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Bridge] Bridging vSwitches in VMwares ESXi List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Ryan Whelan Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Ryan Whelan wro= te: > > I'm having an issue bridging 2 virtual switches in VMwares ESXi. =A0I've = made a post on the VMware forums describing the issue (http://communities.v= mware.com/message/1507261#1507261). > I have searched the internet and found a post (http://archives.free.net.p= h/message/20100108.174704.efbb18cc.ja.html) by someone having the exact sam= e issue- it looks like that post was on this list? > In short, I have a Linux VM in ESXi with 2 vNICs- one in each of 2 differ= ent vSwitches. =A0A client (in my case a windows machine) on the second vSw= itch can't get the MAC address of the default gateway on the first vSwitch.= =A0Sniffing the traffic shows the arp broadcast from the windows machine m= aking if over the linux bridge and getting responded to by the cisco gatewa= y but the response never makes it back over the bridge. =A0Watching the mac= table in the linux bridge shows it mistakenly=A0associates the mac address= of the windows machine to the wrong port (eth0 in my case, eth1 is the vNI= C plugged into the switch with the windows box) > Im not sure where the issue is; its really pretty simple setup. =A0Am I m= issing something simple? Is there really a bug here? > Thanks! You do not wan to bridge in a VMWare environment, it will only drive you to an early grave. I've blogged my experience with this problem at http://robert.leblancnet.us/ you will need a google wave account to view it. In short use proxy arp instead if you can. Robert LeBlanc Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support Brigham Young University