Linux bridge (brctl) dosnt forward IP packet when router is one of the bridge endpoints

Question

I have setup a brctl bridge on Ubuntu with the following deployment:

Cisco router -> Linux bridge -> client computer

The bridge forward the following packets types: ARP,STP, but doesn't forward IP.(I see that it get IP packets in eth0 but dosnt forward to eth1)

Trying brctl br0 stp off (and on) doesn't help.

Trying to activate both ethernet cards with promisc mode doesn't help either.

Set edge to 0 (and set max edge to 0) doesn't help either.

brctl setfd bridgename time , dosnt help.

Ebtables dosnt install on the bridge computer, so this is not problem of ebtables filtering.

When I replace the router with a simple computer that simulates simple TCP request the bridge forwards the IP packets, so I suspect STP.

The bridge was set like this:

iptables -X
iptables -F
ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up
ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 up
brctl addbr br0
brctl addif br0 eth0 eth1
ifconfig br0 up

Try giving your ethernet devices a real ip not 0.0.0.0. – hookenz Sep 17 '13 at 01:12 — hookenz, Sep 17 '13 at 01:12

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 27 '12 at 13:16

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Bridge forwards ethernet packets, not just IP:

answered Sep 27 '12 at 13:16

GioMac

ebtables dosnt installed and setfd dosnt help :( – Avihai Marchiano Sep 27 '12 at 16:39
Are you using vlans? Which distro? "bridge-nf-call-iptables - pass (1) or don't pass (0) bridged IPv4 traffic to iptables' chains." – GioMac Sep 28 '12 at 09:13
Old comment, both links are dead. – prodigerati Aug 19 '18 at 14:21

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