Hi, I am a newbie to use the bridge utils and after some serious tests I am posting this issue. Actually, I am fascing packet forwarding problem in the following network setup under linux 2.6.16. The 2.6.16 kernel is also configured to include 802.1d Ethernet bridging, Network packet filtering, IP netfilter configuration and Bridge netfilter configuration. The target ARM board is made to act as a bridge between the Host and the Router as shown below. 10.1.111.3 Host(eth0)<---->{ eth0 bridge(10.1.111.1) eth1 }<--->Router( 10.1.111.254) On the target board ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 brctl addbr br0 brctl addif br0 eth0 brctl addif br0 eth1 ifconfig br0 10.1.111.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward are configured. The problem is that, I can't ping the Router from the Host. But from the bridge, I can ping Router and Host. The "arp reply" from the Router is not reaching the Host as there's a problem in the bridge (bridge-utils 1.2) interface. I have cross checked the kernel configuration to include all the packet forwarding and bridging. But still panic. Can any one please precise what could cause this packet forward problem ? Thanks Sara _________________________________________________________________ Gossips, movie reviews, photogallery and more http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/Default _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge