Ethernet bridging weirdness

[Soren Hansen]

On 14-09-2010 21:29, Douglas Stanley wrote:
> If I type:
> sudo ifup br1
> I get: "ifup: interface br1 already configured". But, ifconfig doesn't
> list either my eth2 or my br1 devices. Also, brctl show doesn't list
> my second bridge. But, if I edit /var/run/network/ifstate and remove
> the br1=br1 line, then run "sudo ifup br1", it comes up just fine.
> Similarly, if I "sudo ifdown br1;sudo ifup br1" that also works.

My guess is that eth2 isn't around at the time br1 has its first config
attempt. Can you try removing the "auto br1" line and add an
"allow-hotplug br1" line instead?


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