> Hi, > > I have been looking at this and on eth3 I see this > > 17:10:25.355276 vlan 40, p 0, IP 135.196.XXX.XX.5000 > 192.168.40.88.5000: > UDP, length 11 > 17:10:26.014292 > 17:10:26.371019 IP 135.196.XXX.XX.5000 > 192.168.20.30.5000: UDP, length > 11 > 17:10:26.371446 IP 192.168.20.30.5000 > 135.196.XXX.XX.5000: UDP, length > 10 > > I still do not understand why the packets do not go over the correct vlan > interfaces and bridge. > (I haven't followed all of this thread so apologies if it's already been covered) You do have the correct brouting rules in place don't you? eg: ebtables -t broute -A BROUTING -p 802_1Q -i eth0 -j DROP This makes sure that the 802.1q tagged packets coming in on eth0 are not sent over the bridge as is, but are 'routed' internally to the vlan code, where they are decapsulated and then maybe routed to bridges. James