I think I found the solution. I just needed to replace the 2nd rule by: ebtables -t broute --flush ebtables -t broute -A BROUTING -d $MAC_OF_BR0 -j ACCEPT ebtables -t broute -A BROUTING -p ipv4 --ip-proto tcp -i eth0 -j DROP ebtables -t broute -A BROUTING -p ipv4 --ip-proto tcp -i eth1 -j DROP ebtables -t broute -A BROUTING -p ipv4 --ip-proto udp -i eth0 -j DROP ebtables -t broute -A BROUTING -p ipv4 --ip-proto udp -i eth1 -j DROP Like that the traffic directed to the server itself will be processed by the bridge "as normal" and not be brouted. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html