Alright list... good news and bad news. Good news - the bridge works! Bad news - one of the cat5 cables went "bad" sometime between posting to the list and now; or maybe someone changed the cables on me w/o my knowledge. In any case it works! =) Thanks list for helping me out! On 10/5/06, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at osdl.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:20:43 -1000 > "Chris U" <chris.uyehara at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi List, > > > > I have setup a bridge labeled br0. br0 has an ip address assigned to it. > My > > network looks something similar to this... > > > > |--------------------| |--------------------| > > |------------------| > > | laptop | | bridge | > > | router | > > | 128.171.103.10/24 | -----> (eth1)| 128.171.103.11/24 > |(eth0) -----> > > | 128.171.103.1/24 | > > | statically assignd | | statically assignd | > > | tested / working | > > |--------------------| |--------------------| > > |------------------| > > > > Now for the PROBLEM! The bridge can access IP's outside of the subnet > via > > eth0 of the bridge, ie - pinging 128.171.1.1, 128.171.3.13, > 64.233.167.99. > > The laptop cannot ping the previously listed IPs. The only thing the > laptop > > can ping is 128.171.103.11. It's very odd... I tried running tcpdump on > the > > bridge. From the bridge I could see the laptop pinging the bridge but I > > couldn't see the laptop pinging any other IPs. So basically I have a > bridge > > that's not really working but the bridge utils show that its working... > any > > help would be greatly appreciated! > > > > (The laptop works when taken off the bridge and connected to the router, > the > > iptables default policy is ACCEPT and the rules are FLUSHED.) > > > > Thanks for taking time to read this! > > > > ###brctl show br0 > > bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces > > br0 8000.001372fc8436 no eth0 > > eth1 > > > > ###brctl showstp br0 > > br0 > > bridge id 8000.001372fc8436 > > designated root 8000.001372fc8436 > > root port 0 path > cost 0 > > max age 19.99 bridge max age > > 19.99 > > hello time 1.99 bridge hello time > > 1.99 > > forward delay 14.99 bridge forward delay > > 14.99 > > ageing time 299.95 > > hello timer 0.03 tcn timer > > 0.00 > > topology change timer 0.00 gc timer > > 7.97 > > flags > > > > > > eth0 (1) > > port id 8001 state > > forwarding > > designated root 8000.001372fc8436 path > cost 100 > > designated bridge 8000.001372fc8436 message age timer > > 0.00 > > designated port 8001 forward delay timer > > 0.00 > > designated cost 0 hold timer > > 0.00 > > flags > > > > eth1 (2) > > port id 8002 state > > forwarding > > designated root 8000.001372fc8436 path > cost 100 > > designated bridge 8000.001372fc8436 message age timer > > 0.00 > > designated port 8002 forward delay timer > > 0.00 > > designated cost 0 hold timer > > 0.00 > > flags > > > How are you setting IP addresses on the bridge. > You need to NOT assign IP addresses to eth0, eth1 and assign > an IP address to bridge pseudo device. > > What kernel version? > What hardware is being used for eth0 and eth1? Are either one > of these wireless (802.11) devices? > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/bridge/attachments/20061005/92b38107/attachment-0001.htm
