Joachim Schiele wrote: > hello, > > what i want to do: > having two computers both equipped with: > lspci > 01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit > Ethernet (rev 10) > 01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 > Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01) For this kind of setup, if might be easier to setup a bonding interface, instead of a bridge interface. With a bonding setup, you can define a primary adapter that will be used when available. Nicolas. > > i create two bridges (one on each host) > pc2b ~ # brctl show br0 > bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces > br0 0000.0040f4a0b037 yes ath0 > eth0 > > and then i set all interfaces up using: > ip l set ath0 up > ip l set eth0 up > ip l set br0 up > > i put one ath0 interface into master mode and the other ath0 is a normal > station (client). the connections eth0-eth0 works great, also the ath0-ath0 > link works great (tested with and without bridge). > > in general everything works, if i either one of the 4 interfaces down > (eth0/eth0/ath0/ath0) stp's work creates a working path in no time. > > the issue is - the reason i write to this list however: > when all interfaces are up the data always is going over ath0-ath0 instead of > eth0-eth0. (the wireless lan should be my backup link). > > i issues setbridgeprio br0 1 and setbridgeprio br0 10. as well as setpathcost > with various consistent experiments. say one experiment i set all ath0 > pathcosts to a value 100 all eth0 to 999. > i don't see any difference when doing the opposite. > > any idea? > > dmesg added but i don't see anything special there. there was an error once > but i think that might have something todo with the routing loop i caused > (which i resolved with adding setfd with a higher value). > > thanks, > joachim schiele > > > > > > ============ pc2 ============== > dmesg > br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state > br0: topology change detected, propagating > br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > br0: no IPv6 routers present > br0: received tcn bpdu on port 1(eth0) > br0: topology change detected, propagating > br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state > br0: port 2(ath0) entering listening state > br0: port 2(ath0) entering learning state > br0: topology change detected, propagating > br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state > ath0: no IPv6 routers present > br0: received tcn bpdu on port 1(eth0) > br0: topology change detected, propagating > br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state > br0: port 2(ath0) entering listening state > br0: port 2(ath0) entering learning state > br0: topology change detected, propagating > br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state > ath0: no IPv6 routers present > br0: received tcn bpdu on port 1(eth0) > br0: topology change detected, propagating > > ip l > 14: ath0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue > state UNKNOWN > link/ether 00:40:f4:a0:b0:37 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > 3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast > state UP qlen 1000 > link/ether 00:40:f4:eb:16:45 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > pc2b ~ # brctl show > bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces > br0 0000.0040f4a0b037 yes ath0 > eth0 > pc2b ~ # brctl showstp br0 > br0 > bridge id 0000.0040f4a0b037 > designated root 0000.0040f4a0b037 > root port 0 path cost 0 > max age 9.99 bridge max age > 9.99 > hello time 1.99 bridge hello time > 1.99 > forward delay 2.99 bridge forward delay > 2.99 > ageing time 3.99 > hello timer 1.49 tcn timer > 0.00 > topology change timer 0.00 gc timer > 1.49 > flags > > > ath0 (2) > port id 0402 state > forwarding > designated root 0000.0040f4a0b037 path cost 999 > designated bridge 0000.0040f4a0b037 message age timer > 0.00 > designated port 0402 forward delay timer > 0.00 > designated cost 0 hold timer > 0.48 > flags > > eth0 (1) > port id 2801 state > forwarding > designated root 0000.0040f4a0b037 path cost 111 > designated bridge 0000.0040f4a0b037 message age timer > 0.00 > designated port 2801 forward delay timer > 0.00 > designated cost 0 hold timer > 0.48 > flags > > arp -e > 10.0.0.1 ether 00:40:f4:a0:b0:00 C br0 > > > > > > > > > > ============ pc6 ============== > ip l > 17: ath0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue > state UP > link/ether 00:40:f4:a0:b0:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > 3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast > state UP qlen 1000 > link/ether 00:40:f4:ec:59:06 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > dmesg > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > __ratelimit: 9560 callbacks suppressed > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state > __ratelimit: 7851 callbacks suppressed > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > br0: port 2(ath0) entering listening state > br0: port 2(ath0) entering learning state > br0: topology change detected, sending tcn bpdu > br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state > br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > br0: port 2(ath0) entering listening state > br0: port 2(ath0) entering learning state > br0: topology change detected, sending tcn bpdu > br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state > br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state > eth0: received packet with own address as source address > br0: port 2(ath0) entering listening state > br0: port 2(ath0) entering learning state > br0: topology change detected, sending tcn bpdu > br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state > > arp -e > PC2 ether 00:40:f4:a0:b0:37 C br0 > > pc2b ~ # brctl show > bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces > br0 0000.0040f4a0b037 yes ath0 > eth0 > pc2b ~ # brctl showstp br0 > br0 > bridge id 0000.0040f4a0b037 > designated root 0000.0040f4a0b037 > root port 0 path cost 0 > max age 9.99 bridge max age > 9.99 > hello time 1.99 bridge hello time > 1.99 > forward delay 2.99 bridge forward delay > 2.99 > ageing time 3.99 > hello timer 1.20 tcn timer > 0.00 > topology change timer 0.00 gc timer > 0.20 > flags > > > ath0 (2) > port id 0402 state > forwarding > designated root 0000.0040f4a0b037 path cost 999 > designated bridge 0000.0040f4a0b037 message age timer > 0.00 > designated port 0402 forward delay timer > 0.00 > designated cost 0 hold timer > 0.20 > flags > > eth0 (1) > port id 2801 state > forwarding > designated root 0000.0040f4a0b037 path cost 111 > designated bridge 0000.0040f4a0b037 message age timer > 0.00 > designated port 2801 forward delay timer > 0.00 > designated cost 0 hold timer > 0.20 > flags > _______________________________________________ > Bridge mailing list > Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge > _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
