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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Subject: Re: How to use gretap with bridge?
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:36 -0700
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On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:01:31 -0500
"Neulinger, Nathan" <nneul@mst.edu> wrote:

> Further testing - if the leading octet of the 'local' address is even,
> it allows it to be added to bridge, if it's odd, it won't.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

If leading octet of MAC address is odd, then bridge thinks it
is not a valid ethernet for bridging because it is a multicast
address.


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