Hi guys I am trying to keep a linux bridge up even when there is no interface connected to it. Is this possible? br0 has eth13 and eth0 ensalved to it eth0 is up eht13 is down /opt# ip link show br0 25: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default link/ether 00:0f:20:67:dc:b4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff /opt# /opt# /opt/iou/bin# ip link show eth13 15: eth13: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master br0 state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:e0:4c:80:1a:50 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff /opt# /opt# /opt# ip link show eth0 3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master br0 state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:0f:20:67:dc:b4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff /opt# /opt# ip link show eth13 15: eth13: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master br0 state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:e0:4c:80:1a:50 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff /opt# brctl delif br0 eth0 /opt# ip link show br0 25: br0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default link/ether 00:e0:4c:80:1a:50 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff thanks Q |