[Bridge] brctl problem: broadcast doesn't get through

Hi, I'm creating a bridge, and then add to it two tap interfaces. No physical interface is added to the bridge. These are the commands: brctl addbr test ip tuntap add mode tap tap0 ip tuntap add mode tap tap1 ifconfig test up ifconfig tap0 up ifconfig tap1 up brctl addif test tap0 brctl addif

Re: [Bridge] brctl problem: broadcast doesn't get through

On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:04:47 +0200 Ireneusz Szcześniak irek.szczesn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm creating a bridge, and then add to it two tap interfaces. No physical interface is added to the bridge. These are the commands: brctl addbr test ip tuntap add mode tap tap0 ip tuntap add

Re: [Bridge] brctl problem: broadcast doesn't get through

On 24.04.2011 18:40, Stephen Hemminger wrote: 00:00:00:00:00:00 is an invalid ethernet address and is always dropped by bridge to be in compliance with standards. Use a real ethernet address, for kernel devices there is a convenience routine to generate a random ethernet address. Thanks