Network Manager in Fedora and possibly upstream as well supports bridges properly. This should be added to Ubuntu's Network manager or pulled from upstream.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546197 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Networking/Bridging#Using_NetworkManager_.28permanent.29 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #546197 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546197 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1013963 Title: NetworkManager doesn't support bridge interface defined in /etc/network/interfaces To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1013963/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs