>> > First off the hardware address of the bridge is by default the lowest of > all the interfaces (unless you set it). This was done by original author > to deal with case of interfaces added out of order on boot. ok, this would be nice if that would be mentioned on the https:// www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Bridge#FAQ page. I couldn't find any information on how the bridge-id is evaluated on searching the internet. i've now set it to a lower mac-addr and now the bridge-id doesn't change on addif. > > The second issue is because you are making a loop in your network. If > you had STP enabled it would probably scream at you. ok, that is what I assuemd could be the problem. Thank you! - Thomas _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge