Some things I forgot: All interfaces are UP pf(4) ist disabled bridge0 sees a bunch of lladdrs on em0 and one on em1, which is that of “A”
-Heinrich > On 29. Nov 2020, at 22:29, Heinrich Rebehn <heinrich.reb...@rebehn.net> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am trying to setup an OpenBSD 6.7 virtual machine under VMware ESXi 6.7 to > use as a filtering bridge between two virtual networks. I enabled promiscuous > mode for both virtual switches. > One network is the VMnet network, which is connected to the “outside world”. > > “A” ——> “B” ——> “R” > > “A” is a test machine 192.168.1.152 > “B” is the bridge No IP. em0 connects to R, em1 connects to A > “R” is the router provided by the hoster 192.168.1.1 > > The addresses are only examples, the actual addresses a public IPs. > > When A tries to ping R, ist sends an arp request for R’s lladdr. R responds > with its lladdr. Tcpdump on R’s em1 suggests that it is sent out on the > virtual network. However, A does not see the arp reply, hence ping(8) fails. > > What am I missing? While browsing the mailing list archive, I just saw that > vmx(4) might be a better choice, but I had not yet time to try it out. > > > Any other known issues around bridge(4) or promiscuous mode under ESXi ? > > Thanks for any insights, > > Heinrich > > >
