On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:41:40 +0200 Metuki Sabhe <sabhe.metuki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > CC'ing netdev too: > > > Hello, > > When I add interfaces to the bridge *after* I have "tcpdump -n -i br0" > running on the bridge, > my tcpdump don't see any communication. If I kill tcpdump and > re-execute it *after* I added > the interface to the bridge, it works just fine. > How long are you waiting? Make sure you're not encountering the default forwarding delay of 20 seconds You can change that value to zero using brctl setfd br0 0 which brings new interfaces into forwarding state immediately, rather than going through the listening and/or learning states. > The same behavior happens with my DHCP server (which listens only on > my bridge interface); > I need to re-execute (reset) it after I add the interface to the bridge. > > Is that normal ? > > Why does it happen ? > > What should I do ? > > It's a little awkward to reset my DHCP server every time I add a new > interface to the bridge.. > > Thanks, > Sabhe > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
