On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:37:38AM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Hi guys, > i am using wheezy with libvirt virtualization i have configured a bridge > interface for that purpose. > i have statically set the bridge interface in interfaces file. > like this
As another alternative, if you have ifupdown 0.7.41 or later, you can put files into /etc/network/interfaces.d/ and they'll get included. So, leave this in /etc/network/interfaces: > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > # The primary network interface > allow-hotplug eth1 > #iface eth1 inet dhcp > #iface eth1 inet static Put this into /etc/network/interfaces.d/br0 > allow-hotplug br0 > iface br0 inet static > address 10.xx.xx.18 > netmask 255.xx.xx.xx > network 10.xx.xx.0 > gateway 10.xx.xx.3 > broadcast 10.xx.xx.255 > dns-nameservers 10.xx.xx.8 > bridge_ports eth1 > bridge_stp off > auto br0 Now, if something clobbers your /etc/network/interfaces file, hopefully it won't touch the br0 file and that'll still come up fine :) > now when ever i restart the wheezy server i shows me something like this. > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > iface br0 inet dhcp > bridge_ports eth1 > bridge_stp off > auto br > and eventually my connection gets broken. > Please help. > Thanks, > MYK
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