Re: No longer able to add iptunnel interface to bridge?

Tomas Agartz
2013-04-16T23:22:17Z

On Mon, 15 Apr 2013, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:14:32 +0200 (CEST)
> Tomas Agartz <tlund@nxs.se> wrote:
>
>> After rebooting my router/firewall (Debian Wheezy with debian 3.2.41-2
>> kernel), I am no longer able to add an iptunnel to a bridge interface.
>
>
> You created a network level (L3) tunnel, which starts with IP header.
> Bridging requires an Ethernet like (L2) tunnel, where packets start with
> Ethernet header.

Yeah, looking further into this, i figured out a different (unrelated)
problem that was the real root cause. The fact that the tunnel was never
added to the bridge (and it has never been) was not related.

Sorry for bothering you guys :)