Dear list, I am messing with assigning a static IP on a systemd-nspawn container, on both sides (host,container). My idea is to first create a bridge (br0) on the host. My config on host : systemd-git netctl to configure network ******************** $ ifocnfig enp7s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.87 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 lo... virbr0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 <<< libvirt inet 192.168.122.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.122.255 ************** % netctl list bridge-hortensia ************* % systemctl --failed UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION systemd-back...klight:eeepc-wmi.service loaded failed failed Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness o <<<< not important . **************** % systemctl status dhcpcd.service dhcpcd.service - dhcpcd on all interfaces Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2014-02-25 12:14:04 CET; 21min ago Process: 320 ExecStart=/bin/dhcpcd -q -b (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 329 (dhcpcd) CGroup: /system.slice/dhcpcd.service └─329 /bin/dhcpcd -q -b Feb 25 12:22:30 hortensia dhcpcd[329]: br0: removing interface Feb 25 12:22:30 hortensia dhcpcd[329]: enp7s0: carrier lost Feb 25 12:22:31 hortensia dhcpcd[329]: enp7s0: carrier acquired Feb 25 12:22:31 hortensia dhcpcd[329]: enp7s0: soliciting an IPv6 router Feb 25 12:22:31 hortensia dhcpcd[329]: enp7s0: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.87 Feb 25 12:22:40 hortensia dhcpcd[329]: enp7s0: leased 192.168.1.87 for 86400 seconds Feb 25 12:22:40 hortensia dhcpcd[329]: enp7s0: adding host route to 192.168.1.87 via 127.0.0.1 Feb 25 12:22:40 hortensia dhcpcd[329]: enp7s0: adding route to 192.168.1.0/24 Feb 25 12:22:40 hortensia dhcpcd[329]: enp7s0: adding default route via 192.168.1.254 Feb 25 12:22:45 hortensia dhcpcd[329]: enp7s0: no IPv6 Routers available ********************** gabx@hortensia ➤➤ ~ % cat /etc/netctl/bridge-hortensia Description="Example Bridge connection" Interface=br0 Connection=bridge BindsToInterfaces=enp7s0 IP=no ********************* Now, I want to start the bridge: # netctl start bridge-hortensia % ping -c 3 8.8.8.8 connect: Network is unreachable Same result if I change IP=dhcp I can't see where does the issue come from. Shall I enable a "ethernet-dhcp" netctl profile and disable dhcpcd.service ? Thank you for help.